[Anise works quickly and pretty efficiently, but her eyes are bright with tears and apology as soon as she gets to swabbing some disinfectant on those wounds. She keeps talking, if only to keep things from getting too quiet (and to keep him awake!)]

This's gonna sting a little, okay? Well, it's gonna sting a lot but I'm not a seventh fonist or anything so this's all I can do right now - I'm sorry. Oh, Ion...