he rummages around blind behind the bartop, an' comes back out with a bottle of vodka. unscrews the cap one-handed, an' then: )
If you notice any heat comin' from the wound, you've got an infection an' you'll have to deal with it. Best you can do now is keep it dry — I'll see about findin' an occlusive if'n you're going to insist on gettin' back out in the fight.
( he angles her arm so the vodka will just spill onto the blanket an' be absorbed, an' then he gingerly pours some along the line of the wound. it'll sting, no doubt, but there ain't a trace of sympathy in the empathy bond for it. )
I'll heal it much as I can, which ought to help, but it ain't an overnight process.
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( but christ o'lordy.
he rummages around blind behind the bartop, an' comes back out with a bottle of vodka. unscrews the cap one-handed, an' then: )
If you notice any heat comin' from the wound, you've got an infection an' you'll have to deal with it. Best you can do now is keep it dry — I'll see about findin' an occlusive if'n you're going to insist on gettin' back out in the fight.
( he angles her arm so the vodka will just spill onto the blanket an' be absorbed, an' then he gingerly pours some along the line of the wound. it'll sting, no doubt, but there ain't a trace of sympathy in the empathy bond for it. )
I'll heal it much as I can, which ought to help, but it ain't an overnight process.