@suledein sent ❛ are you bleeding? ❜ — kalais to fenris
"I am fine." An instant instinctive response is to tell Kalais that he is fine because that is what he is used to doing. A lifetime of no one caring about his wounds has taught him to pretend like he is fine. His former Master expected of him. You get knocked down, you get back up, the perfect little guard dog for the vile man.
The injury isn't the worst thing he's ever had. There are far worse things that he'd been forced to suffer through, a simple cut from a blade is hardly something to think twice of.
Especially not when pain from the lyrium on his body can flare up and be a constant for weeks. He is no stranger to blood or pain in the least.
"Do not worry about me, worry about yourself. I can take care of myself."












