[voicetest]

[outclawed]

[so after making some truly terrible choices and getting his ass kicked and passing out in an alley somewhere, Aster is... waking up somewhere that is decidedly not an alley, though not really any less sketchy]

[--and startling with a flash of real panic when he sees that while he's been patched up, his bear Animalia is still activated, bandages wrapped around his paw where it had been slashed]

Comments

[toxicitactility]

[The gunman makes a lot of noisy threats, but it's clear who has the upper hand. Zoah raises the gun, pointing it at the intruder.]

You heard him. Get outta here.

[outclawed]

[escorting him helpfully and quite forcefully to the door.]

[toxicitactility]

[Out the guy goes! Zoah doesn't relax immediately though, watching the door tensely just in case.]

[outclawed]

[sssame, though he does limp over to lean against a wall, watching the door]

...Is that a common problem?

[toxicitactility]

Not that common. Still... I'm betting he was just a drug seeker, at least.

You alright? That reopen anything?

[outclawed]

...My hand. Sorry.

[toxicitactility]

Don't worry about it.

[ Sighs!! And... tentatively approaches, looking kind of uncomfortable. [

Well. Let's see it.

[outclawed]

[holds it out, ALSO looking kind of uncomfortable]

...What kind of Animalia was that?

[toxicitactility]

[Gingerly taking the hand, and undoing the bandages. His touch is light and as brief as possible.]

It's a weird one, right? Most people are mammals, or birds...

[That's not answering the question.]

[outclawed]

...I've wondered if mermaid stories came from fish-types before. But I haven't seen one.

[toxicitactility]

I'm not a fish. Not the typical kind, anyway.

[Grabbing some new bandages, and wrapping Aster's hand up good as new!]

[outclawed]

...I saw an alligator once. That was something.

--Thanks. Sorry for the trouble.

[toxicitactility]

Huh... I'm just a jellyfish.

[Shifts back uncomfortably, hair seeming to curl away as well, with a mind of it's own.]

You shouldn't apologize for that.

[outclawed]

...I didn't think again.

[toxicitactility]

Yeah, well.

[Shrugs!] You're my patient but you had to save me from danger in my own clinic. We're more than even.

[outclawed]

[quiet, uncomfortable, before he responds]

I don't think... I'm technically a patient unless I'm paying you.

[toxicitactility]

Consider what you just did a payment then. Seriously.

[outclawed]

[...nods, flushing faintly]

[toxicitactility]

... thanks. Yer not a bad guy, Aster.

[outclawed]

Thank you. Neither... are you.

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