maybe that makes me a fool

”Sunny, I’m pretty sure Nate wouldn’t complain if we chained you to the side of the house whenever he went outside, so you couldn’t get yourself into mischief,” Vai quips back at him, her voice terribly amused to say that it might actually stop him from finding trouble. She expects it, for his right hand not to be as strong, but it still furrows her brow in a bit of worry. She nods for him to try again, before taking his scarred hand between both of hers, feeling out the pathways of muscle and tendons in his forearm. ”You held the lightning rod in this hand, right?” she asks, knowing the answer but needing it confirmed. ”Apart from the weakness, the scarring, is everything okay with it? No pain, no loss of sensation?” It’s easy, to flit between the practical simplicity of a check-up and the more difficult subject of sleep - it’s how Vai finds it easiest to talk about the things that tie her tongue in knots. ”You told me,” she says softly. ”Not much, but... I do remember you saying. It sounds like you’re worried you won’t be there for them, if they need you.” vervain I am always on your side