❝So I snuck out and ended up getting a little banged up; so what?! Kids sneak out all the time! Kids get hurt all the time! What's the big deal?❞
— ;; CHRONOS CAN APPRECIATE FRETFUL DOTING from his father; given his... well, his less-than-stellar reputation of protecting people from harm, to be so blunt (although those cards aren't necessarily the types he'd asked the other hand to play). Truthfully, after having had to have taken care of himself for so long, to be his own mother and father, it's really something he leans into, even.
Times such as this, however, are instances in which even he'd like Tails to chill out a bit— especially considering it's the earliest hours of the morning and Blossom's still resting from her treatments, she'll surely be cranky if the fuss wakes her. Recalling the time prior to his adoption, he envisions the stinging pain of multiple physical injuries on his body, quite a few of which would go unchecked for days at a time. Moreso before he'd taken a doting and thankfully very medically-inclined Kit in, but the occasion still presented itself afterwards now and then. If anything, he's become desensitized to the concept of sustaining injuries. Tripping into a thorny thicket while coming back from exploring the city? Absolutely nothing compared to what he's been through.
Really, he doesn't see a cause for all this alarm.
❝You're getting so worked up over nothing, father. It's just a few cuts and some blood. I can even pull the thorns out myself with some tweezers.❞
