"Stitches?" That brought him back down to reality fairly quickly, as well as giving him an excuse to stop propping himself up -- which he was very quickly coming to regret attempting. Instead, he let out a breath and sank back down, trying to assess himself again. "I mean, I'm sure I'm fine, but -- well, it would be rude of me to turn you away from doing your job."

Sending a pretty caretaker had been wise. He was already being a much better patient for her than he would otherwise have been.