[Don't worry, Heath, he doesn't blame you! I don't think it's even possible for him to blame anyone, actually...oh, him.
He swallows again and nods at her words, gently -- very gently, because that's just how Phoenix is -- uses his free head to steady her mangled one. The feel of her raw flesh is weird, a bit replusive, almost, but his only reaction to that is a bit of a shudder. He's supposed to be the one comforting her, after all--]
A-alright.
[There's one more pause, in which he adds;] If it hurts too much, though, just...let me know.
[And then, keeping both his and her hands as steady as possible, he begins to dab on the disinfectant.]
[Phoenix, stop saying things that could be taken horribly out of context.]
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He swallows again and nods at her words, gently -- very gently, because that's just how Phoenix is -- uses his free head to steady her mangled one. The feel of her raw flesh is weird, a bit replusive, almost, but his only reaction to that is a bit of a shudder. He's supposed to be the one comforting her, after all--]
A-alright.
[There's one more pause, in which he adds;] If it hurts too much, though, just...let me know.
[And then, keeping both his and her hands as steady as possible, he begins to dab on the disinfectant.]
[Phoenix, stop saying things that could be taken horribly out of context.]