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Immediately he's irritated with the response, and he prepares to bite back with a number of things: you're still healing, you're not safe out here, and besides it's cold as balls. But before he can get the words out, he registers Outlander's question, and his ears flush with heat. I wasn't — Oh fuck. His ears flatten to his skull and he glances away from Outlander, voice rising slightly in pitch. Nothing.
He sucks in a breath and reaches desperately for something to say — So, um, you — like walking? He wants to sink into the ground and die; he doesn't even know why he thought following Outlander would be okay. Obviously he's not dead or dying. Ugh.