I need new clothes, I need somewhere to stay

[salamanca]

Who: Lalo Salamanca and YOU.
What: Lalo comes back from his travels with Methuselah badly injured.
When: January 29th thru the next week or so after
Where: Around town. See individual prompts.

Content Warnings: Description of injury, blood, and infection; others tba.

See individual prompts in the starters below.

Comments

[castitas]

[ Kate nods, shifting a little anxiously on the spot to watch him go in before she turns, heading towards Blackrock Road. She'll be asking Harry Goodsir for those supplies, and a little flustered about the whole thing when she goes to ask — but like she's got this, and she's going to get some important information. She'll be fine, it's okay. She's got this. Right?

In terms of good ideas, it's not really all that much of one.

(... Sorry, Harry.)

When she does return, she's a little frazzled, but she has what she needs to see to his injury. She finds Lalo and takes him to sit at one of the tables. She takes care to set out everything she needs, even going off to wash her hands. This is... all very intimidating, and she's... definitely putting on a brave face. ]

Okay, [ She takes a deep breath. A little dizzy, a little nauseous. ] let me see.

[salamanca]

[ When she takes a deep breath, Lalo offers her a gentle, encouraging coo. He can tell she's frazzled, and truthfully, he doesn't actually like asking a little girl to do something like this. But he doesn't think he can trust anybody here, and he's afraid of what they'll do while he's injured. ]

Hey, hey. It's okay. You're doing great. Take another deep breath for me. That's it. You can do this. [ He offers her out his injured arm, for her to look at. ] Let me know when you're ready for me to tell you what to do next.

[castitas]

[ Kate nods shakily, taking another deep breath as he directs her to. Like, she feels bad. Maybe she should have asked Mr Goodsir to help with this...? But... no, like. It's fine? She can do this, right? Totally.

He'll talk her through it, and it'll be totally fine. And then she moves to start peeling away the bloodied bandages and— her expression falls a little. Yikes. ]

Oh, this looks super bad. What happened?

[salamanca]

That's good! You're doing great.

[ Lalo remembers everything he was told; he's ready to impart his knowledge on her when she asks a question.

What happened isn't a secret, but she's so young and already so frightened that he's reluctant to give her too many gory details, if only because freaking her out might make it harder for her to help patch up his wound.

He tries to be honest, but as discreet and non-graphic as he can. ]

I was attacked by an animal. [ Quickly: ] I don't think you need to worry, though. Doesn't seem like they come into town much.