"Everything still aches, don't misunderstand that, but it's... it's bearable. It's the rest that isn't so awful. Just the, you know, whole mess of it all." Eating, sleeping, showering, even just breathing wasn't as bad as he remembered, even with the ribs. But then, he was also with people who actually cared about him, now, and that made quite a lot of difference.

He couldn't help but smile at the question, shaking his head, "No, not too much at all. I'd... well, I'd quite like the same, if I'm being honest." There was some sort of realization trying to spark in the back of his mind, and he knew it, some shapeless question that he felt he should be asking but couldn't quite grasp what it was, though he could chalk it up to being tired and go from there.

"I should have at least the first steps to correcting the issue tomorrow, though, before we leave for our outing." He was pretty sure he had that much information squared away already, it was just a case of putting it together in the right order.