[She has craved that end so badly that she does not know what to do if she is not to seek it. Failed at her attempt to pull Matsukaze with her down the waterfall and kill them both, failed at her attempt to slit her own belly aboard that ship in the great black... and now, failed to die gloriously in battle against a raging beast.
And Hayame is ashamed, for missing the touch of his hand when he removes it, where it had been anchoring and warm. Fingers twitch, and in the slightest of betrayals half reaches for him- but she reigns herself in, forces her fingers to curl into a fist instead.]
I could allow no such thing if you are yet pained...
[Which is... not a "no", because if he had ointments or bandages, she knew she ought to accept them. She wasn't that foolish, wasn't looking to die slowly from gangrene. Just had to make sure he himself had been treated, by another party more skilled than herself preferably, before she accepted such a thing.
Because even if she were to refuse treatment verbally... physically, she was going to have to lie down sooner rather than later if the trembles in her slim ankles were any indication.]
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And Hayame is ashamed, for missing the touch of his hand when he removes it, where it had been anchoring and warm. Fingers twitch, and in the slightest of betrayals half reaches for him- but she reigns herself in, forces her fingers to curl into a fist instead.]
I could allow no such thing if you are yet pained...
[Which is... not a "no", because if he had ointments or bandages, she knew she ought to accept them. She wasn't that foolish, wasn't looking to die slowly from gangrene. Just had to make sure he himself had been treated, by another party more skilled than herself preferably, before she accepted such a thing.
Because even if she were to refuse treatment verbally... physically, she was going to have to lie down sooner rather than later if the trembles in her slim ankles were any indication.]