( As though it should be obvious — it is to Jack, anyway. He can count on one hand the number of people who have ever bothered to intervene on his behalf in his entire life, so every instance of it stands out bright and clarion in his sad, foggy mashed potato brains.
Between catching him mid-stumble in that ballroom to the focus cast on him during the rain-spell thing (Look after Jack) to this? It's starting to transcend coincidence and head straight toward pattern.
Blood largely cleaned, step number two is to snag his sleeve with his teeth and rip a scrap of fabric off without preamble. He folds it in half, presses it lightly to the wound, and then reaches out to guide Kyle's hand to it in an unspoken you hold this here. )
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( As though it should be obvious — it is to Jack, anyway. He can count on one hand the number of people who have ever bothered to intervene on his behalf in his entire life, so every instance of it stands out bright and clarion in his sad, foggy mashed potato brains.
Between catching him mid-stumble in that ballroom to the focus cast on him during the rain-spell thing (Look after Jack) to this? It's starting to transcend coincidence and head straight toward pattern.
Blood largely cleaned, step number two is to snag his sleeve with his teeth and rip a scrap of fabric off without preamble. He folds it in half, presses it lightly to the wound, and then reaches out to guide Kyle's hand to it in an unspoken you hold this here. )