i'm not too worried anymore though... knowing that some day i'll 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 be able to escape makes it a little more bearable for me. i'm really only trying to stick it out for everyone *else who's involved...

i know... but my fate is more so sealed with the entity than anything else. if something's gonna happen to me、it'll be the entity that decides it.

better for you to be here than someplace i 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 keep an eye out on you though... you're just being protective. even if i won't let you interfere with what goes on during the trials、i think it's *sweet that you get upset at the ━

you're not being useless to me though —— it's that your *presence is supporting... you don't really have 𝘵𝘳𝘺 too much to accomplish that.

i know you've got powers to heal me if you wanted、but... i wouldn't worry about it. if i rely too much on you snapping your fingers and undoing everything bad that ever happens to me、then maybe i won't learn how to deal with it on ━

﹙ only releasing his wounded arm to scramble with the clasps of the med - kit、he pried the thing open so he could wrap his forearm effectively —— a tight bandage for now、just to slow down the bleeding. ﹚⠀𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴... i had a ━

﹙ currently clutching tightly onto a searing gash in his left arm、stifling his complained groaning beneath his breath. ﹚⠀@DICEWITHCLAWS... can you... hand me my med - kit﹖

you could...﹗ and i wouldn't mind that you do that... i mean... what else do you really have that i'm not already wearing on my body from time to time﹖⠀﹙ a nonchalant shrug preceded gentle laughter. ﹚

you can go ahead and keep it too、if you'd like... there's not much of a way for me to clean it once you've already used it for something、so knock yourself out. entity already gives me *tons of them in our bloodweb.

and here﹗⠀﹙ handing him off a cloth that he'd pulled from his pocket. ﹚⠀i've got a clean rag that you can wipe up with too、if that helps...

﹙ allowing him a moment to do so to his heart's content、he then dragged him closer to the nearest body of water that he could find. thankfully、small puddles of water weren't few and far in between. ﹚⠀just be careful about getting ━

﹙ squeezing reassuringly at the hand in his、he nodded his head agreeably. ﹚⠀'𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 i will... long as the entity doesn't send me off somewhere unexpectedly、i'll stay put the whole time —— i promise.

maybe you wash up first and then take a nap afterwards﹖ that's the only solution that i can actually think of...

... a little bit... but it doesn't 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 me that you do. did you wanna try to wash up﹖

makes sense though... you've been upset and crying a lot —— more than likely traumatized. that'd end up exhausting 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦、let alone you...

thank god for that... i know this place can be really、um... 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 —— lots of overlapping realms and stuff of that nature. long as you don't get yourself lost on the way there、you're more than welcome to come spectate ━

good、good... you know how to still find me even if the entity whisks me off to a trial... right﹖ like... you already know how to use your powers to be able to get there﹖

i understand... as much as i try to make it so that you *aren't being exposed to that as much、we might not have much of a choice in the matter 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 time...

it's not that tagging along with me is much of a problem —— it's just that i can't have you interfering too much. if i die、then there's nothing you're gonna be able to do to save me. it's between that... or letting him find you again.

wanna stay here with me for a while...﹖ if we don't get separated again、he can't get you alone... come with me into my trials —— do what you *have to.