[ He sure does have some in his hair. He makes a face. And starts picking pumpkin guts out of there because starting from the top down is more efficient. Disgusting. He is only using his clean hand, because the other one is even more beslimed than the rest of him and also may be out of condition. ]
Vampiric strength and vampiric resilience must not always come in at the same rates. I imagine that is one of the reasons they prefer to keep the novices safely in a castle while our powers grow over the seasons.
[ He switches to desliming that hand, so he can look at the damage. It is what the common people might call a boxer's fracture, the flesh slightly deformed by the exciting new shape of the bone underneath.
He is trying not to let things bother him, these days. He averts his eyes and tries to look cool and calm and unflinchy like he deals with broken bones all the time. He's doing his best. ]
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[ He sure does have some in his hair. He makes a face. And starts picking pumpkin guts out of there because starting from the top down is more efficient. Disgusting. He is only using his clean hand, because the other one is even more beslimed than the rest of him and also may be out of condition. ]
Vampiric strength and vampiric resilience must not always come in at the same rates. I imagine that is one of the reasons they prefer to keep the novices safely in a castle while our powers grow over the seasons.
[ He switches to desliming that hand, so he can look at the damage. It is what the common people might call a boxer's fracture, the flesh slightly deformed by the exciting new shape of the bone underneath.
He is trying not to let things bother him, these days. He averts his eyes and tries to look cool and calm and unflinchy like he deals with broken bones all the time. He's doing his best. ]
I fell off a horse once, and that was much worse.