Despite his best efforts to ignore it, that whimper had worried him a bit. Had he been too rough? 
"Well, it's not like I'm going to be doing this a lot. I just... I can't have you leaving blood all over the floors. I already have Axle's antics and Ruko's kitchen problems to deal with." He looked away from her, feeling embarrassed all of a sudden. "We'll have to get you some gloves or something. You could have just asked for some, you know." He turned off the water and gently began patting her hands dry and taking out some bandages.