I see your true colours shining through
It was cold. So delightfully cold. He'd been so overheated since being burnt to a crisp that he'd almost forgotten what it was to shiver, to feel goosebumps rising (painfully so today), to feel the heat be leeched away into the chilly pool, to feel some semblance of relief that snow and ointment and healing attempts had so far failed to provide.He's lowering himself down into the pool when he hears the other person, turning and continuing to shuffle backwards into deeper waters. It's not overly deep to begin with, lapping at his thighs at the point which he suspects is the deepest part. He chuckles with a small shake to his head at the man makes his assessment, spreading his arms as if to show just how covered his was, everything (except his nether regions) quite touched by pinkish red skin, peeling and evidence of itching quite apparent.
"Visited a shrine to pray for strength," he shrugged, but winced immediately afterwards. "Got roasted by supernatural sunlight instead." That was the gist of it - his desire to pray had been fuelled by a desire to grow stronger, so that he wouldn't have to remain behind while Kia went off on an expedition, so that maybe one day he could join her without worrying that he was slowing her down.
"I'm a doctor too, of a sort. Veterinarian," he spoke without explaining the term like he normally would, a bit distracted by the desire to plunge himself into the pool. And so he didn't quite plunge, but lowered himself down, shivering involuntarily at the sensation of the chilly water level rising up his body. "Ahh," the sound echoed from his lips almost without him willing it, as the burns were soothed by the cool temperatures.
so don't be afraid, to let them show
CHULANE
