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[historicals]

my beloved punch boy

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[ziosar]

[Yeah, his knuckles now are rather bloody and bruised. The blood still trickles out, really, there hasn't been any clotting at all. Akihiko pries the skeleton hand off, and lets it fall into the tray with the bone shards]

Jiaoqiu, maybe?

[Honestly I messaged Flurry and handwaved an encounter about this, haha, so yeah, guess that works. There really aren't many healers who didn't go to a CYOA and therefore Akihiko could bother, haha]

...I went into boxing in the first place because I lost someone very important to me, so yeah. You could say I have been doing something like this before for many years already. Still doing it.

[historicals]

Yes... I will be honest, I would have shared this with him anyway. I am sure you already know that it would likely be wise not to hide it from anyone - while many of your injuries are on your torso, the bandages on your hands will be obvious. It would be wise to tell someone who is not a doctor, too.

[ considering the bloody knuckles. he will check to make sure the skeleton hand didn't cause him any adverse damage to his scalp, briefly looking for claws or bumps or bruises or anything else painful, and then move on to cleaning up his knuckles. ]

I'm sorry for your loss. Truly. [ taair says, softly - his sympathy is genuine, and he meets his gaze briefly to ensure the meaning is caught, then resumes. ] And... I wish that we did not have to meet such actions of coping with suspicion.

[ that's genuine, too. he gets it, kind of. not a fighter, but he can see what he means. ] Though... I meant here, more so.

[ziosar]

[No damage on his head, thank goodness]

Here? Pretty much. I had punched a wall and got to the first trial still with bruises from that.

[historicals]

[ nods... ]

And did anyone see you do that, then...? And you've not done it any time since?

[ziosar]

No. Nobody was with me when I did that. I prefer not to have other people around when I'm doing something I shouldn't. Marcoh and Firefly found about it during the trial, though.

[Fortunately for him, some hand bruises didn't put him into any suspicion back then]

I haven't since then.

[historicals]

Alright.

[ that puts a little frown on his face, but he nods - emotions rippling through something thoughtful, pensive, as he picks out a few more bone shards and carefully smooths some ointment over his knuckles. ]

...Thank you for your honesty, Akihiko.

[ziosar]

...cooperating is all I can do now. Odds are I'll have to repeat all this during the trial, anyway.

[Akihiko murmurs. Other than the brief bout of annoyance from earlier, there's still this constant feel of powerlessness, but after a moment, gratitude fights its way to the surface]

But thanks. After I got my head cleared a little, I wasn't sure I should be alone. If anything, I'm glad you accepted to get here.

[Leaving aside that Akihiko knew bandaging himself would only bring a myriad of questions during the trial if he had no backup as to when or what this happened, he's glad those with medical knowledge have the kind of personalities that make them unlikely to confront him when he's feeling at his lowest right now]