No matter how many times or how many different ways Cain managed to get himself hurt, that never stopped the pain from actually sinking in. He could probably take more than any human being could or will, but that didn't mean he was inhuman. He felt it, the pieces of shrapnel and glass both glancing off and embedding into his back. Not that the scorching and heat and sheer power of the explosion hadn't already covered everything, this was just the icing.
His eyes were stinging with tears, a natural reaction, but he was still conscious. Barely. Likely wouldn't pass out if he hadn't already, his body already trying to expel the largest debris lodged in his back where the smaller complaints could wait. His breathing sounded awful, now that his hearing had started to filter back in. Rattling and labored, a familiar song and dance of struggle.
Before he could just give in and let himself heal, try to recover before anything else happened in the wake of that explosion, Cain forced himself to focus. "Pepper." Yeah, that sounded just as bad. Just say it, get it out, then rest. He could do that. "Okay?"
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No matter how many times or how many different ways Cain managed to get himself hurt, that never stopped the pain from actually sinking in. He could probably take more than any human being could or will, but that didn't mean he was inhuman. He felt it, the pieces of shrapnel and glass both glancing off and embedding into his back. Not that the scorching and heat and sheer power of the explosion hadn't already covered everything, this was just the icing.
His eyes were stinging with tears, a natural reaction, but he was still conscious. Barely. Likely wouldn't pass out if he hadn't already, his body already trying to expel the largest debris lodged in his back where the smaller complaints could wait. His breathing sounded awful, now that his hearing had started to filter back in. Rattling and labored, a familiar song and dance of struggle.
Before he could just give in and let himself heal, try to recover before anything else happened in the wake of that explosion, Cain forced himself to focus. "Pepper." Yeah, that sounded just as bad. Just say it, get it out, then rest. He could do that. "Okay?"