I'm sorry, did she just say the words 'you're not blind' to him?
"I'm not..." He's gobsmacked. "What?"
Overwhelmed?
It takes a second to click, and then a nervous laugh briefly overtakes him, because the last thing he looked at -- the last thing he ever looked at -- well he still can't clearly remember opening the book or trying to read the pages, but given what he does remember afterwards, overwhelming is so accurate and so understated that it threatens to be hilarious --
"No. No nononono, that can't--" If it's not only that John had hold of them, but that they're busted, then-- no, that doesn't bear thinking about. "B-but that means they'll recover, right? I'm not looking at- at- at -- there's nothing to overwhelm them now. Wouldn't they get better? Even if it takes some time?"
He shakes his head when she offers to clean up his scars. Wounds is one thing, but... look, he's just never liked the idea of completely erasing things. The scars he has aren't exactly badges of honour, but he'd feel dishonest if he brushed them off like dust.
Also, the very second Tendi says 'mind meld' again, Arthur interrupts, and he talks over her, and he keeps talking over her. "No. Listen. If all you can do is in the realm of -- of cuts and stitches and things, then that's fine, there's only my arm left at that point. Really, it's fine, I don't need anything else."
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"I'm not..." He's gobsmacked. "What?"
Overwhelmed?
It takes a second to click, and then a nervous laugh briefly overtakes him, because the last thing he looked at -- the last thing he ever looked at -- well he still can't clearly remember opening the book or trying to read the pages, but given what he does remember afterwards, overwhelming is so accurate and so understated that it threatens to be hilarious --
"No. No nononono, that can't--" If it's not only that John had hold of them, but that they're busted, then-- no, that doesn't bear thinking about. "B-but that means they'll recover, right? I'm not looking at- at- at -- there's nothing to overwhelm them now. Wouldn't they get better? Even if it takes some time?"
He shakes his head when she offers to clean up his scars. Wounds is one thing, but... look, he's just never liked the idea of completely erasing things. The scars he has aren't exactly badges of honour, but he'd feel dishonest if he brushed them off like dust.
Also, the very second Tendi says 'mind meld' again, Arthur interrupts, and he talks over her, and he keeps talking over her. "No. Listen. If all you can do is in the realm of -- of cuts and stitches and things, then that's fine, there's only my arm left at that point. Really, it's fine, I don't need anything else."