[As brief as it is, the expression on her face feels like a well-aimed knee to the gut. Silently, he makes a promise to himself to tell her everything he can bring himself to. It might do some good to talk about it and take the weight off of his shoulders, too.
He breathes a soft breath of relief after that and steps from his Arcanine's side to tilt his own Pokegear towards Annie, and after a moment or two of hesitation, he swivels so he stands at her side.]
We can, if you want. [Bertolt shrugs a shoulder as he starts to show the essentials on the 'gear.] And you'll probably hand it to me more than a few times. We'll just have to be more careful here, since, well...
[He glances down to the scrape on her leg, brows knit together in quiet concern. It's only a scrape and they've had worse, but it's strange seeing her bleed.
It took him awhile to get used to that happening to himself and having to heal like an ordinary human being.] The doctors here are much better and so is the medicine, but we're not... You know. Not anymore. Not here.
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He breathes a soft breath of relief after that and steps from his Arcanine's side to tilt his own Pokegear towards Annie, and after a moment or two of hesitation, he swivels so he stands at her side.]
We can, if you want. [Bertolt shrugs a shoulder as he starts to show the essentials on the 'gear.] And you'll probably hand it to me more than a few times. We'll just have to be more careful here, since, well...
[He glances down to the scrape on her leg, brows knit together in quiet concern. It's only a scrape and they've had worse, but it's strange seeing her bleed.
It took him awhile to get used to that happening to himself and having to heal like an ordinary human being.] The doctors here are much better and so is the medicine, but we're not... You know. Not anymore. Not here.