[Okay sink or swim, he should be good at this, after all his profession requires him to work under pressure, think on his feet. He takes her hand again, thinking further on what he should be worrying about besides if their waitress will get to keep the full range of motion in her hand if it's treated properly. He doesn't particularly want to die to day just because some bigger kid on the playground saw what toy he had and wanted it too.
damn bastard breathin' down my-- [Under his breath as he closes his eyes, hunching his shoulders. It takes a minute, and even then he's less aware of anything actually happening besides an annoying throb behind his eyes. It works... kind of, or rather the bleeding stops and her skin is suddenly very warm under his palms, or maybe it's his, but there's heat. Except when he moves his hand there's still the dark edges of a wound under the sticky mess of blood.]
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[Okay sink or swim, he should be good at this, after all his profession requires him to work under pressure, think on his feet. He takes her hand again, thinking further on what he should be worrying about besides if their waitress will get to keep the full range of motion in her hand if it's treated properly. He doesn't particularly want to die to day just because some bigger kid on the playground saw what toy he had and wanted it too.
damn bastard breathin' down my-- [Under his breath as he closes his eyes, hunching his shoulders. It takes a minute, and even then he's less aware of anything actually happening besides an annoying throb behind his eyes. It works... kind of, or rather the bleeding stops and her skin is suddenly very warm under his palms, or maybe it's his, but there's heat. Except when he moves his hand there's still the dark edges of a wound under the sticky mess of blood.]