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hopalongcharlie (hopalongcharlie) wrote in finnigans_rpg,

When Theo actually let out a chuckle Charlie had paused and given him a huge smile, mightily relieved that he'd managed to get a positive sound from him. It only lasted a second or two though and he carried on with his story and his task.

"Oh, it will, I just haven't used any in a while, and I was always more likely to need burn cream anyway, and that shit smells awful," he said, scooping some onto his fingers and beginning to apply it to Theo's feet before they started bleeding too much.

"Anyway, when I first got Echo he wasn't exactly used to the whole human with only one real leg thing, and since I don't always put my prosthetic immediately sometimes in a morning had three legs and yet he still liked to wind himself around them in search of food. I managed to trip a couple of times." He paused and looked up, remembering how Theo had reacted to his fall in Diagon Alley. "I was completely fine, just a couple of bruises to my arse and my ego, but there is almost no way you can stay angry at a cute kitten for more than about twenty seconds. Well, I can't anyway, so my flatmate appeared more than once when I'd crashed down and she was worried by thump to find me sitting on the kitchen floor telling my cat off in a silly voice."

Applying salve was easier, quicker and less potentially messy for the floor than the cleansing potion and Charlie moved easily from one foot to the other. He might have missed a few of the tiniest cuts that weren't actively oozing blood any more, but all the bigger ones had been dabbed. He grabbed the cloth he'd discarded and wiped his fingers clear of the last of the salve.

"He's used to the prosthetic and the crutches now though, so that's okay. I could do without him deciding my head is the best place to sleep though. It's warm, sure, but a touch too warm really, and sometimes breathing gets a bit interesting." Mostly Echo managed to be at least part on the pillow, but once in a while Charlie awoke inhaling cat hair and had to push him out of the way.

"Bandages next?" he suggested brightly.