That was true, he had told her to be on alert for how the heightened activity of the planes might affect others, she simply hadn't expected it to affect him. She took a breath, knowing that stitches would probably be unpleasant, but she recalled him saying he had lots of practice in a previous conversation, so hopefully they would at least look pretty.

"You did," she agreed, "I suppose I'm simply confused as to how it would make you more... protective, I guess." She looked away from him, away from the where the stitching would take place, a very human thing to do, but she couldn't help it. "Mine make me more likely to murder people, so I guess that's more along the lines of what I was expecting."