"It's really not that bad... really." Vanessa would have shrugged, but that sort of hurt, so it ended up being a sort of one-shoulder-raise-plus wince. "You wanna see? It's sorta gross, but it could have been worse. At least the jerkoff who shot at me wasn't a very good shot."
Hey, it could have been a lot worse. Like getting shot in the head. That would have sucked.