#goodbye foreve

first of all fuck you thats cute second of all i present Protective!Keltoi: always making armour kits for Cayde and fussing over the tiniest of scratches she receives from battle no matter how bad and despite her healing prowess (she thinks it cute)

HOW DAAAARE YOU these cute caytoi things will be the literal death of me, my blood pressure is going to rise so much that my head will pop off

LIKE

HE KNOWS SHE CAN HEAL FROM FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE BUT

STILL FRETS AND HOVERS AFTER BATTLE WITH SOME BANDAGES FOR THOSE SMALL INCONSEQUENTIAL WOUNDS THAT CAY DOESN'T WANT TO WASTE MANA ON FIXING

AND CAY IS JUST LIKE "I'm fine yo, my purpose in life is to take a beating", AND KEL IS JUST NOPE NOPE NOPE I HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE OK BECAUSE LETS BE HONEST YOU ARE KIND OF AN IRRESPONSIBLE PALLY SOMETIMES (cause she usually pulls more than she can handle at once and leaves it until she is an inch from death before she full heals), AND HAVING TO SEE HER BLOODIED AND BROKEN BODY EVERY TIME THEY TAKE ON AN ELITE OR MANY MOBS IS PRETTY TRAUMATIC FOR HIM SO HE HAS TO CHECK HER OVER TO BE SURE SHE IS ACTUALLY STILL ALIVE AS MUCH FOR HIMSELF AS FOR HER

AND HE GETS WORRIED BECAUSE IT'S LIKE SHE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH REGARD FOR HER OWN SAFETY AND CUTS IT FAR TOO CLOSE A LOT OF THE TIME, SO HE MAKES SURE SHE ALWAYS HAS THE BEST POSSIBLE ARMOR AND GEAR AND SHE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING AND IS LEGIT TOUCHED

idk personally I headcanon a good chunk of their communication is non-verbal, like even from the very beginning they just sort of got each other right off the bat

SO CAY PICKS UP ON HIS CONCERNS AND STOPS LETTING IT GET TO THE NEAR DEATH POINT BECAUSE SHE PUTS HERSELF IN KEL'S POSITION AND IMAGINES HAVING TO SEE HIM LIKE THAT VERY OFTEN, HINT: NOT GOOD