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"Close your eyes."
Nate's voice is taut with emotion, he's desperate to keep a hold on his composure. Water is poured over Anders' frame, the air smelling heavily of iron (blood)? Dirt? Mildew? Most of the clothes were tatters, the feather mantle in such bad shape Nate doesn't want to even touch it to try and salvage it.
At least they've saved his hair, though Delilah had to cut it shorter than Nate has ever seen it.
"You've got an infected cut." Not that Justice (Vengeance?) would let you die from it. Nate cleans this one too, a new sterile needle to close the wound like he's done with the two other miscellaneous wounds he's found.
"I'm going to change the water out again." He informs Anders before pulling the stopper in the tub, helping his mage stand while it drained. He made sure to rinse out the finest dirt particles that insisted on staying before plugging and refilling with the hot water, helping Anders back into the basin.
"Do you want to comb your hair?" Or should I?
Nate hovers between just doing it for his own sanity, and hoping this time Anders will speak finally. He hasn't since he found him, and Nathaniel is starting to question if this isn't some intricate hallucination where he's still stuck underneath Kirkwall dying.











