[Right. His recovery. Well, this is a good enough segue as any, isn't it?]
My wounds heal swiftly enough. I'm particularly hardy, you know, and I've survived multiple encounters with monsters that would kill anyone else here. Combat is all I'm good for.
[Which, speaking of things that he's good for...]
...not anything else. Certainly not cuddling up to someone, for instance. I didn't mean to run off the way I did, but I'm not— [good at this, yeah, but he fumbles saying it.] I'm not used to being touched, nor am I used to that touch feeling very safe. In the past, being touched is because I'm injured, or because something wants to injure me. It's not that I didn't like waking up in your arms, but I can't exactly put into words what the hell that was, or why I felt the need to run off.
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My wounds heal swiftly enough. I'm particularly hardy, you know, and I've survived multiple encounters with monsters that would kill anyone else here. Combat is all I'm good for.
[Which, speaking of things that he's good for...]
...not anything else. Certainly not cuddling up to someone, for instance. I didn't mean to run off the way I did, but I'm not— [good at this, yeah, but he fumbles saying it.] I'm not used to being touched, nor am I used to that touch feeling very safe. In the past, being touched is because I'm injured, or because something wants to injure me. It's not that I didn't like waking up in your arms, but I can't exactly put into words what the hell that was, or why I felt the need to run off.
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Sorry, Lu.