"I am not the one that cannot mind their flank." This, too, is meant to be light and teasing but the faint hiss from dried blood catching skin makes it a bit unkind and perhaps this wound is deeper than he'd originally thought- but it is not poisoned and it is not tainted.
He's. Mostly sure it is not tainted. If he leaves the wound exposed as he tosses the bloody bandages aside, no one can call him on it. Dousing his ribs with brandy doesn't prompt so much as a flinch as he has learned far better- and Alistair is no longer someone he is allowed to flinch about. Nor whine. Nor be open and vulnerable.
It's simpler like this, anyway.
"I have people to keep in mind, now. Apparently caring whether they are foolish and die or are careful and live is something I am supposed to be doing, now." So. Alistair remained above. "Besides. Apparently arranging things regarding someone's life without informing them is great fun and I wished to try my hand at it."
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He's. Mostly sure it is not tainted. If he leaves the wound exposed as he tosses the bloody bandages aside, no one can call him on it. Dousing his ribs with brandy doesn't prompt so much as a flinch as he has learned far better- and Alistair is no longer someone he is allowed to flinch about. Nor whine. Nor be open and vulnerable.
It's simpler like this, anyway.
"I have people to keep in mind, now. Apparently caring whether they are foolish and die or are careful and live is something I am supposed to be doing, now." So. Alistair remained above. "Besides. Apparently arranging things regarding someone's life without informing them is great fun and I wished to try my hand at it."