That particular turn of phrase made him smile a little, if only because between he and Charles it had become shorthand for 'Edwin you're being unnecessarily blunt again, maybe let me handle this', so hearing it in the proper context was surprisingly amusing.
Just as surprising as the Cat actually taking him up on the offer, and providing the proper supplies. He'd been folding the end of the roll into a pad for the wound itself when he was distracted by the Cat's method of cleaning himself up. Edwin shook himself from the confusion easily enough, pressing that thrice-folded end of the bandage to the slowly-healing cut, wrapping it tidily, first from elbow outward at one angle, and then back at the opposite, leaving a tidy row of overlapping chevrons, like fish scales, before tying off the end, "There, now there's no chance of leaving accidental stains before you've fully healed."
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Date: 2025-10-04 05:48 am (UTC)Just as surprising as the Cat actually taking him up on the offer, and providing the proper supplies. He'd been folding the end of the roll into a pad for the wound itself when he was distracted by the Cat's method of cleaning himself up. Edwin shook himself from the confusion easily enough, pressing that thrice-folded end of the bandage to the slowly-healing cut, wrapping it tidily, first from elbow outward at one angle, and then back at the opposite, leaving a tidy row of overlapping chevrons, like fish scales, before tying off the end, "There, now there's no chance of leaving accidental stains before you've fully healed."