Didn't feel cold? The water should've been just this side of freezing. Maybe the change in the weather outside had warmed the pipes a bit. Or maybe Chris was just that warm. Connor bit his lip at the thought, but didn't stop his gentle touch. His friend didn't deserve to lie in filth just because he was ill. Even if here about to... Well. Connor just wasn't going to think about it and that was that.
"Shut up," he told Chris with a weak laugh. "I'll do what I want, thanks. And if I'm going to hang around you, you need to smell a bit better, mate, you reek." He was joking, of course. After all, he'd nearly been devoured by a giant centipede, a little goo and gore never bothered him. He did the best he could without humiliating Chris for, well, ever. When he was feeling better, he could go give himself a good thorough scrubbing. For the moment, at least, he just needed to feel a bit better. "I'll stop by the thrift store today, too, get you a bit of something clean to wear. Shouldn't be hanging around in these." Even moldy, musty seventies clothes had to be better than wearing what he was at that moment. "Has anyone looked at...that?" he asked, nodding to the wound on Chris' neck. "One of the doctors around here?"