“You sassin’ me, boy/girl?”
Grant's face settled into an especially deep frown, which mingled awkwardly with the pained expression which had been there already. At first he did little more than grumble and curse under his breath, holding am arm firmly around his side, protecting what was, at best, a few bruised ribs, and at worst, a few broken ones.
He chose to believe it was the former, if only because the thought of removing his shirt to be examined -- exposing the growing patch of ghoulified flesh -- was enough to to make him panic.
"It ain't sassin'," he snapped back, "Just...don't touch me. I'm fine. You wanna fuss over somebody, go look at the kid. That cut on his head'll need a good cleanin' out, I reckon."