I don't care if you can heal, or if you're immortal, or not human, or whatever. I'll still worry, geez. Even if it's fixed now, that didn't look great.
[He doesn't know if it consumes energy to restore her flesh, but it has to come from somewhere, right? And it must have been painful for her, one way or another. It was definitely painful to watch; knowing what he knows now, he can't see how it would be any easier to witness a repeat despite all that.
Her hesitance, as she asks that question, makes him pause before he can give a flippant reply. She's still afraid of what others might think if they saw this, or if they knew the truth, even what little he understands of it. That she has to ask him just shows how afraid of it she is.]
Of course I won't. What a thing to ask...
[Okay, perhaps it's still a little flippant. But his tone is sure, not an ounce of deception to be found there. Just because he thinks it unnecessary to ask him doesn't mean he won't give her the reassurance of an earnest answer.]
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[He doesn't know if it consumes energy to restore her flesh, but it has to come from somewhere, right? And it must have been painful for her, one way or another. It was definitely painful to watch; knowing what he knows now, he can't see how it would be any easier to witness a repeat despite all that.
Her hesitance, as she asks that question, makes him pause before he can give a flippant reply. She's still afraid of what others might think if they saw this, or if they knew the truth, even what little he understands of it. That she has to ask him just shows how afraid of it she is.]
Of course I won't. What a thing to ask...
[Okay, perhaps it's still a little flippant. But his tone is sure, not an ounce of deception to be found there. Just because he thinks it unnecessary to ask him doesn't mean he won't give her the reassurance of an earnest answer.]