[ She still doesn't mention it, but as they eat and talk it's a bit easier to forget he's removed the band at all. It's so nice to just feel relatively normal again, even if his body still aches and his lungs still burn, even if he still can see nothing but darkness beyond his eyes. It's just...the two of them, side by side, knocking shoulders and elbows, picking at the food, existing alongside and with one another in this moment. She's warm, she smells nice, and he is clean and full. What more could he want?
He swallows a mouthful of bread, before giving a little shake of his head. ]
You don't need to do that.
[ She's done more than he could ever possibly repay her for already. ]
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He swallows a mouthful of bread, before giving a little shake of his head. ]
You don't need to do that.
[ She's done more than he could ever possibly repay her for already. ]