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"th... thanks..." shiro gasps out as he clutches his chest, his own injuries healed enough for him to have regulated breathing again but he was still worried about reopening them so he remained kneeling and spoke quietly, leaving his hood off since now that his curse had been revealed to these people there was no point in trying to cover it up or lie about it. "so what now?" shiro asks quietly, trying not to talk too much as he focuses on regenerating his lung, occasionally expelling the excess blood from his mouth until he clears up enough to be able to stand up, sheathe his sword, and sit against a tree, resting as he contemplates the now masterless sword and wonders what could bring such a thing into being and why it was so adamant about cavalcading around in the hands of such an ancient warrior when it could very easilly find much more capable hands, but he doubted that if it had the choice it probably would have found much more capable hands
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Walking over to Shiro, Mihai'en couldn't help but notice that there was something different about the boy. [i] Ears don't typically look like that, nor do they go there, [/i] he thought, dryly. Of course, at this point, he'd become rather used to the strangeness, and it wasn't as if Mihai'en had been all that forthcoming about everything either.

"Are you alright, laddie? Ya' took a nasty spill there," he said, sitting down next to him. It was pretty clear from his actions that the young [s] man [/s] werewolf was still in immense pain. "Do you think you'll make it? I've seen other people take less and perish." He was naturally concerned, but he did his best to make it seem as if it was casual conversation.

It was odd to see the lad without his hood, though. The ears were a sight, sure, but there was still a young man sitting in front of Byrne. [i] Probably wasn't always like this, he wasn't. He told me just last night about how he lost his family. [/i] He smiled, bitterly. [i] Ought to've paid more attention. This really shouldn't have been a surprise. [/i] 

"Do you need me to get you something? Some water, perchance?"