"Not yet," he replied. It'd been probably close to a full 24 hours since he'd last eaten. He was starving and exhausted, but he laid back as soon as she applied the patch to his neck and closed his eyes.

In the same breath that the pain faded, he felt a wave of dizziness. He swallowed hard and focused on his breathing. He had nothing in his stomach to throw up but bile, so breathing and keeping calm was really all he could do.