[They settled in next to him and he found himself breathing a little easier, their heat a balm against the constant itch of Not Right in his skin. It took a little effort to figure out how to eat the burger without getting grease or ketchup on his bandages, and in the end he just gave up and sacrificed them in favor of actually getting the food into his mouth.
His stomach gave a lurch after his first swallow and he chewed his second bite a little longer as he tried to remember when the last time he'd eaten had been. He couldn't remember for sure and...well, it wouldn't be the first time he'd lost himself in his darkness for days. The second bite went down a little easier, and by the third his appetite had returned with a vengeance.
He was halfway through the burger in just the time before Wren asked their question, and he gave a small, one shouldered shrug, keeping his eyes firmly on his plate.]
It's nothing serious. Just some splinters.
[Not an answer, but it was answer adjacent? Wren didn't need to hear about how he'd demolished one of his training dummies. That wasn't a normal thing to do. Right?]
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Not fair, Wren![They settled in next to him and he found himself breathing a little easier, their heat a balm against the constant itch of Not Right in his skin. It took a little effort to figure out how to eat the burger without getting grease or ketchup on his bandages, and in the end he just gave up and sacrificed them in favor of actually getting the food into his mouth.
His stomach gave a lurch after his first swallow and he chewed his second bite a little longer as he tried to remember when the last time he'd eaten had been. He couldn't remember for sure and...well, it wouldn't be the first time he'd lost himself in his darkness for days. The second bite went down a little easier, and by the third his appetite had returned with a vengeance.
He was halfway through the burger in just the time before Wren asked their question, and he gave a small, one shouldered shrug, keeping his eyes firmly on his plate.]
It's nothing serious. Just some splinters.
[Not an answer, but it was answer adjacent? Wren didn't need to hear about how he'd demolished one of his training dummies. That wasn't a normal thing to do. Right?]