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Human. I have the gun, it like...shoots stasis things. I dunno about the machine, Rose and I looked at it, shrugged, and threw it in a card.

[ THEY...are not the technological strilondes? ]

I felt like randomly pressin' buttons to suss out the purpose would be potentially stupid?

[ there is no sign of that, but it is probable that the cut on his cheek behind a bandaid came from dodging debris but still getting hit with a smaller portion. ]

[splinten]

You stole it. [....] Reasonable call. [Like he was going to get judgy but no, fair. He does lean over a little more now. Checking out the cheek wound. Now, going to take hold of the arm (gently) to look it over properly.]

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What, like anyone was gonna really mind? I can throw it out whenever you want to take a look and guess what it is. [ most of the cut on his cheek can't be seen behind a larger size bandaid! maybe like the edge. it's pretty standard for "hit with a rock". his left forearm has bandages wrapped around it still but looking under those if dirk wants to undo the efficient wrapping will just reveal a slice on his arm from presumably boneshark teeth.

that still brings the scratch count up to two only. ]

That was the plan to figure out what it was, anyway. [ "what the fuck is this" "dunno" "guess we'll ask dirk" ]

[splinten]

[Dirk isn't going to unwrap one or pull the other aside. However:]

Where's the third?

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[ dave makes a face and tugs his collar over. he got smacked on the back of his right shoulder with...presumably A Rock from the cave-in portion of his day? it's awkwardly angled enough he kind of slapped on a few bandaids and went Good Enough, though. only the top of his bandaid mess masterpiece can really be seen without making him lean or turn, but enough to go "why didn't you just timeloop a second dave to take care of the bandaging that" BECAUSE HE DIDN'T THINK OF IT UNTIL AFTER HE WAS DONE. ]

[splinten]

[...] I'm re-bandaging that. Immediately.

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Hey, I covered it up?? [ how very dare dirk not praise his - yeah no he would have insisted on the same thing. ]

[splinten]

[Dirk is waiting, Dave.]

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[ ...

he turns around and tugs his shirt up and off i guess after about two seconds of staring back. it's not a bad cut but he probably could have stood to like, clean it better, and there might be a little bit of rock in it still since he couldn't. reach. to do that. IT'S NOTHING MAJOR? IT'S A SCRATCH - dave strider, 2017 ]

[splinten]

You left rock—[There's a noise of pain.] You know the biggest danger for a cut like this is infection. [Presumably the med kit also has their usual stuff so he's going to be cleaning it out properly now??? because INFECTIONS ARE BAD???]

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I thought I got it all? [ craning his head to - yeah his head doesn't work like that this is the problem. ] It's not that big or bad.

[ he says, authoritatively, about a cut he cannot actually see, ]

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You didn't, and it is. [Dirk glances at him.] Just keep eatin'. I'm takin' care of it. [Like TAKING OUT ROCKS!!! FROM IT!!! and then putting the antiseptic stuff on gently etc etc but jesus christ a ROCK LEFT IN IT]

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Still not as bad as full-body burns. [ HE FEELS LIKE that has to be said (it probably doesn't have to be said??????)

dave's on like his third cold cut between convos so he's at least eating markedly more than usual. as usual he doesn't flinch or move at all while dirk does whatever. ]

[splinten]

Which I went to you about the second I was finished necessary on-site treatment, and which I let you heal despite how I knew it'd affect you.

[Dave is being very badly behaved and has ZERO grounds when Dirk has been on his best possible behaviour.

Anyway yeah, all cleaned up and then he quickly does the bandaging. Dave can be released.]

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I was gonna tell you about 'em when you got home. And I thought I got it well enough.

[ he is very badly behaved but absolutely nothing and no one will ever convince him to phone dirk when he knows dirk is with someone else doing some other planned activity. OR ROSE. or anyone. not when it would require them to stop whatever they were doing?

he'll sometimes try to invite himself along on shit if he's bored and lonely but there are lines in the sand. ]

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You should have told me immediately. [Dirk is sticking to his point here.] When you get hurt, I want to know.

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It wasn't lethal and you were out. [ n...ot that he would have called dirk up were it lethal BUT SURELY ROSE WOULD HAVE ]

[splinten]

You were hurt and I don't care if I'm out or not, I want to know. I want to know the second anything happens to you.

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It wasn't a serious injury. [ this argument holds no water when he knows he'd want to know in reverse. but it's not the same? ] If you're just hangin' out at the base or whatever I'll call you up when it's not, but when you have plans and I can handle it, it can wait a bit.

[splinten]

No, it can't. We both know you wouldn't tell me if it was serious.

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...I'd tell you most of the time. [ proooooooobably. he hasn't been sick again yet really since the last time - the headache with the time warpers aside, which he'd at least copped to. ]

[splinten]

That isn't a one hundred percent all-the-time 24/7 guarantee.

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You worked your way up from 0% none-of-the-time 0/7.

[splinten]

I did. [He wraps his arm around Dave's shoulder.] So you know that I'm not going to give up on this until I get around-the-clock update rights.

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I...don't know if or when that'd even be possible. It's not even a trust issue at its base. [ he shifts the arm a little with a shrug but just to rearrange it higher up as he leans back. apple slices are next on the eating things list. ]