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[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[All day long, Equius could be seen in his classes absently picking at a two inch long cut at the corner of his mouth, and the butterfly bandages that held it together. Sometimes, it would start bleeding again, and then he would simply wipe his dark blue blood up with his thumb and lick it up. When not in class, he moved slowly through the halls, favoring his left leg and doing his best to avoid running into people instead of plowing through them like he normally would.]

[Now, it's dusk, and he's sitting out in the quad, a pile of textbooks stacked to one side of him, a tray of food on the other. He's got his shirt pulled up, and he's examining the dark blue stained bandages going up his right side with a frown.]

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[moirailcompass]

[It's around dusk time that Nepeta seeks him out, and when she sees the state that he is in, boy is she not a happy Nepeta.]

Equius what happened??

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[He quickly drops his shirt and smooths it out, looking up at her as if nothing is wrong at all]

Nothing. Nitram merely accepted my advances and agreed to be my kismesis.

[moirailcompass]

[When Equius first mentioned his black feelings for Tavros, she of course wanted them to be returned so that Equius could be happy. Well, so he could be angry, she supposed.

Seeing the actual damage now though she makes her upset, and to be honest a rare feeling of ill will rises up in her, directed at Tavros.

She tries not to be too obvious about her discomfort, however, and plasters on a smile.]

Congratulations! Looks like I have a wall to update.

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[He's not entirely sure what causes it, but suddenly, Equius feels very self-conscious about his injuries. Not ashamed, exactly, but very aware of how he must look to anyone else. He fidgets a bit under Nepeta's gaze, glancing away from her behind his glasses]

You know I could have stopped him, had I so desired. That disgusting lowblood could never get the best of me.

[moirailcompass]

[She considers this for a moment, and surprisingly his words are a little comforting. Tavros is a lowblood, so if things ever did get out of hand it's as Equius says--he could have easily stopped him. Her smile becomes genuine after that and she hops on over to him.]

No one can stop you! [unless you let them] but we should purrobably get you a little tidied up. The humans will purrabably get scared if they see you like this.

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[The sight of her smile is a relief, and he relaxes just the slightest bit as she pounces her way over. He flexes his arms for her, baring his teeth in a confident smile]

I am the very STRONGEST around! The humans have every right to fear me!

[moirailcompass]

[she begins to pick through her various pockets for anything that could be used as a temporary bandage.]

The strongest! [she is quite sincere when she agrees with him] but we purrabably don't want them scared of you. I mean we're supposedly in this war together right? So we should be trying to be on good terms, at least.

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[If she pulls out leaves, he's putting his foot down >B| ]

They can fear me while still being on good terms. The more they leave me alone, the less likely I will be inclined to punch them. That sounds to be very good terms to me.

[moirailcompass]

[Then you better ready that foot, Equius because.]

Aha! [she holds out some leaves triumphantly.] Now hold still, purrease.

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[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

[How did he know those were coming?]

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[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

No. [he's going to glare at her now. He's going to take off his glasses so she can see just how serious he is about this no. It is the most serious no of all time.]

I would rather use magic than affix those leaves to my body. I absolutely refuse to allow this.

[moirailcompass]

[and she gave him a big pout back.]

And why not? They're very good fur just about everything you know! [nothing will ever convince her otherwise, why did everyone doubt the powerful healing properties of leaves?]

[bentbowarcher.livejournal.com]

For several reasons! First of all, it's unhygienic. You don't know where those have been, or what sort of musclebeast has come into contact with them. Second of all, the instant you remove them from their tree, they begin to die. I do not think affixing decaying plant matter to a wound is a very good idea. And finally, I am a blue blood! It's undignified to run around with leaves sticking to me, especially when I'm perfectly capable of healing them with a word.

[moirailcompass]

Oh come on, Equius. Pounce use to use them on me all the time and they worked! [Well, more like Nepeta would just sweat out any sickness and then chalk it up to the leaves.]

But really if it's that easy to heal then why haven't you?