[This is the worst part about being friends with them. Not that they're metal, not that they're different. That they fight, and they get hurt like this. That they do it willingly, expecting no thanks or reward. Just because they're the only ones that can fight Shocker well enough to really help.]
[His jaw sets in a frown and he's silent the entire time he wraps Hayato up, to keep him from bleeding all over the couch. He'll probably have to get the thing reupholstered anyway, but he does that pretty regularly anyway given how often he comes home bloodied up himself.]
Would painkillers help?
[Not "do they work", not "would you feel the difference". He'll never treat them like they're different.]
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[His jaw sets in a frown and he's silent the entire time he wraps Hayato up, to keep him from bleeding all over the couch. He'll probably have to get the thing reupholstered anyway, but he does that pretty regularly anyway given how often he comes home bloodied up himself.]
Would painkillers help?
[Not "do they work", not "would you feel the difference". He'll never treat them like they're different.]