[Sieglinde might never lose her sense of wonder, the capacity to be surprised... but Chantes and ALASTAIR were quite the exercise in being able to cool her reactions, at least. Play things closer to the vest.
After all, she'd learned only recently that she didn't have the luxury to be as naive as she used to be. Maybe still was.]
If it is the cost you are concerned about, you need not worry.
[Not denying there was a cost, but]
In this instance, it shall be paid by me- and it is nothing so extreme. We are not raising the dead, here.
[However, she wouldn't mind sticking to purely medical means if he did demonstrate further reluctance, continuing to look at the state of his ribs even as she spoke.]
omg hdu (no its ok)
After all, she'd learned only recently that she didn't have the luxury to be as naive as she used to be. Maybe still was.]
If it is the cost you are concerned about, you need not worry.
[Not denying there was a cost, but]
In this instance, it shall be paid by me- and it is nothing so extreme. We are not raising the dead, here.
[However, she wouldn't mind sticking to purely medical means if he did demonstrate further reluctance, continuing to look at the state of his ribs even as she spoke.]