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"Maybe we can find another way to safely ignite it." He suggested. Tiam was no expert on the powder and he never used it, so he couldn't claim to know what was needed. When she jerked he loosened his hold slightly so as to not irritate the wound. Of course he waited a bit to make sure that the worst of it was numbed a bit before he started to clean again.

"You doing alright?" He was curious to know if her posture was due to the surprise and expectation or if it was due to actual pain. "We can take a break if you need to." From the looks of it he had time to clean and treat the wound before the skin became non-viable.

He nodded and went on with cleaning up the wound. It was easy enough to get the dirt and such out of it. As he worked he smiled a bit to himself. "Speaking of your sister.. if she asks about your hand I'll have to lie to her since you told me not to tell." Which made him feel bad. Though he didn't want to make a potential client upset so he'd agreed. "Maybe you could tell her so I won't have to lie?"

He put down the cleaning supplies and moved on to actual treatment. A nice thick salve was spread over the worst of it using a clean utensil. "This could be played off as a really bad scrape instead of a burn." If she was worried about getting in trouble for the powder then he could at least provide an alternative.

He glanced up at the girl and had a half smile on his face. It seemed she had him there. "Alright." Looking back down at her hand he worked on wrapping the worst of it. The bites that were simply pink he left unwrapped but did make sure they had some salve to keep dirt out of it. With that done he handed her a small jar that she could apply herself. "Here you go. Use this for pain and to keep dirt off it. Keep that wrap on it for at least two days."

When she brought up payment he shook his head. Though he did end up laughing when she mentioned being unable to buy Zota things if he was broke. "I don't think she'd like it if I bought her things with her little sister's money either."