"Doing well, thank you. It seems to be a little stiff in the morning and evening, but it is well." The stitches were going to come out in a few days and he had already started light physical therapy. No infection, all was well.
Wilbur's eyebrows went straight up. Finally the Prince had been assertive with his companion? A blind man could tell the two were deeply in love. "Well good for the Prince," Wilbur nodded. So it was serious, serious business then.
"We are close to battle. I suppose it was unavoidable." To not let the two become the most intimate of lovers before one or both could be taken away, or Balamb destroyed.