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[You know, he was happy to leave the gauze on his face not because he had to be there, but because he wasn't so sure his face went through this unscathed. But now that she's coming, he forces himself to take it off. Not an entirely vain man, Tyki Mikk, the thought of aching scars across his face was very off putting. But to his fingertips the bridge of his nose feels smooth, the feathers of his vanity temporarily smoothed.
Sitting up and making it seem effortless, now that's the next challenge as he waits for her to arrive. Her of all people, his first guest.]