Neverwinter Forest reeling again

He was so not joking. So very much not joking. Finally, Hide let out a groan and caught his breath, panting heavily and trying to not actively die. Even if he kind of wanted to at this point. 

Had Orochi really not meant it like that...?

"N-nothing," he rasped, head held low and a heavy sigh escaping him when he finally calmed his breathing down. "Th-thorry. Breathed wrong," the boy explained, still with a lisp. "Did... oo mean t'teathe me like that?" He had to ask. It wasn't good to just let stuff sit. Maybe he took it wrong.