NIKOLAEVS
The best that can really be done is keeping it cleaned and making sure it doesn't dry out while it's healing. Where I woke up with it infected, that can make it worse. For something of that size...it's unavoidable. The best I can really hope for is that it heals well and may begin to fade with time.
That makes me feel a little better, at least. I'm hopeful that this will be the only "gift" that I get from Laia, too. I know that she doesn't plan to stay where she is for longer than is necessary...but a lot can happen to a person in a short amount of time. Eleven days was all it took.