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[empathicfault]

"That would be extraordinarily helpful," Will replies. He's not sure it's possible, especially with having had such a hard time holding onto himself in general, in the past. But he's grateful for Malcolm even bringing it up.

"We've got time to try a few different things, see if any of it works. Hopefully, the Breaches and floods won't trip up any regimens too much. I- uh." He looks away, towards the living room with the weapons. He's not sure how to say this properly- not too many people have been so committed to actually seeing through therapies. "Thanks, Malcolm."

[abrightboy]

Malcolm smiles. “Any time. Really.” A pause, then he says “Can I ask you something?” like he’s about to open a very uncomfortable can of worms. He gestures towards the bruising. “What happened to your face?”

He wasn’t going to ask. He knows what kinds of things sometimes happen to his own face, but. Curiosity has finally won out.

[empathicfault]

Will squints a little at the first question, but once he's asked his hand goes up to lightly pat at the bruise. "Oh. Right. That was...breach fallout. Dimitri, the Guardian I told you about? He's a new inmate, and- uh, didn't get any memo about breaches. He didn't know what was going on, coming out of it. And considering what I did in there..."

His face falls a little, recalling it. "Well, I let him have the punch. He let me explain things afterwards." He pokes the side of his nose tentatively. "Should heal up fine."

[abrightboy]

“Yeah; it doesn’t look bad. Quite a few new inmates have lashed out on arrival; maybe there should be a pamphlet,” Malcolm jokes.

[empathicfault]

Will's glad to hear that it doesn't look too bad. He figured it was okay- he didn't seem to break his nose or anything. But he hadn't exactly gotten it checked out. He didn't want Dimitri getting in trouble for something that- honestly- wasn't his fault.

"Maybe. Or an- informational post, or a bulletin board thing, or something," Will says, musing aloud. "At least about the floods and breaches. I felt bad for the kid. He clearly hadn't heard anything- and I would've been blindsided if I hadn't gotten a bit of an introduction from Xie Lian. I probably would've thought I had a psychotic break."

[abrightboy]

"Oh. Yeah. It does feel like that, doesn't it? I mean. If you don't know." He smiles and gestures to the bruise. "Do you want a cold compress for that?"