@peacecountyââ  âĄâd.
                         âââ  i  promise  you,  it  is  nothing. â   he writes it so surely,  with hand steadier than he truly feels.  it is not the first time he has returned injured,  it will not be the last.  not with how catalyst has been chosen to be the one to demolish all of this,  not when he is the one who will bring everyone down to their knees.  he did not come here for pity,  he came here because he was exhausted.  because he knew he could recover safely.
                  but at the cost of worrying,  is it truly worth it,  then?
                                           â   it will not hinder me, i  just need to rest.  â
the worry settled in his chest feels like a second unbeating heart. he knows, he knew, when they became closer that this was an inevitability. dominic isnât ever going to be able to convince him to stop before the war outside kills him, and he knows itâs not his place to ask in the first place. the cost of neutrality comes high. still, he sighs, grasping the fingers writing on his arm and pressing his lips to catalystâs knuckles.Â
â at least let me take care of you. â a breath, before he lets catalyst slip away from under his concern, â please. â