[Unlike earlier, this is a very displeased sound. Yeah, Teddy asked, but he's not sure if he wanted to hear it. That Billy had to fight alone, that Teddy wasn't aware until it was too late...
Pepper assured him that it wasn't his fault, that it was out of his control. But he still feels pretty lousy about it.]
Sorry I wasn't there. [A small pause, and:] The burns aren't that bad, but we'll probably need to do this twice a day or so until the inflammation goes down. It wouldn't be so bad if they'd been treated right away...
[But alas, he knows that one simple cleaning and covering with anti-septic won't immediately heal them. He's always overestimated the human body and, particularly, how long it needs to heal, and it took seeing, reading, and hearing to really understand. All the anatomy and health books in the world couldn't really prepare him for really experiencing it, after all.]
[action, may 21st]
[Unlike earlier, this is a very displeased sound. Yeah, Teddy asked, but he's not sure if he wanted to hear it. That Billy had to fight alone, that Teddy wasn't aware until it was too late...
Pepper assured him that it wasn't his fault, that it was out of his control. But he still feels pretty lousy about it.]
Sorry I wasn't there. [A small pause, and:] The burns aren't that bad, but we'll probably need to do this twice a day or so until the inflammation goes down. It wouldn't be so bad if they'd been treated right away...
[But alas, he knows that one simple cleaning and covering with anti-septic won't immediately heal them. He's always overestimated the human body and, particularly, how long it needs to heal, and it took seeing, reading, and hearing to really understand. All the anatomy and health books in the world couldn't really prepare him for really experiencing it, after all.]