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Staring down at his hands as they walked, he kept checking to make sure none of his skin had actually melted off. Everything seemed okay other than where he’d gotten hit with that scid by the snake. The fact he was freezing from being soaked in ice water wasn’t that bad in comparison to what he thought had happened.

Keeping close to Ian, he shivered and nodded in agreement to the mention of it being too cold. A soak sounded good, but as they looked at him and mentioned it again, he blinked slowly and nodded. Shaking off his wet coat on the mat by the door where they told him to leave the umbrella or wet shoes, Sasha continued to lose layers until he stood in boxers and an undershirt he’d stolen from the other. It was nearly a dress on him but with all the layers he’d had on it was only slightly damp.

“Warm soak… tea.” That was that drink they always made for him but usually it was cold by the time he pulled it from the fridge. He’d seen them make it hot so that sounded good after things. A frown crossed his face as he started to wander towards the stairs to go upstairs to where the bathroom was, remembering that the night had started with him finally convincing Ian to go to his homeworld with him. Now he didn’t have the energy for it as he stood on the steps with his teeth chattering from the cold.

Nodding, Sasha followed along and felt a bit better since the terrible night didn’t mean no visit to his world. “Yes soon.” Speaking up a bit more, he grabbed Ian’s hand and kept up the pace.

Stealing their shirts was a given at this point but they’d gotten him his own pants and shorts since he was shorter which made sense. It had been a thing after Ian had caught him nearly tripping over the extra fabric while hurrying down the stairs one night. It was a bit sad but he understood their worry and would rather listen to what they said instead of worrying them more.

“Bandage?” Looking down at the acid burn on his leg, he knew they’d need to put something on it but he wasn’t sure what. It hurt and stung but the main issue was how cold they both were. “After warm.” Nodding to himself and to them, he hurried along.

Another nod and a light hum came from the mothy male as he got the last few layers of wet clothing off. It hurt when it slid over where he’d gotten acid on him but then he was focusing on getting the water right.

It was warmer than usual, not boiling though, and once he was content with the temperature he hopped in and hummed happily at the warm water. It felt nice and soon he was feeling much warmer than he had, even as his pale skin started to turn pink from the heat. It stung at first when the water had run over his leg but then he got used to it and he figured it would wash away anything else left on him.

Looking over at Ian, he tilted his head and motioned for them to join because they still looked really cold. He could see them shivering and the little bumps on their skin that came with the cold weather.

Turning back to look at them, concern washed over his face as he turned the water up warmer in hopes that it would help. Grabbing one of the washcloths and dunking it in the hot water coming from the faucet, he offered it to them in hopes it would help.

“Not cold.” His skin still tingled a bit but the burning and irritation weren’t as bad now. Frowning more at the mention of putting the water colder while they were obviously still cold, Sasha felt bad about not being able to help.

“Gonna try.” Huffing as he settled into the now too-hot water, ignoring how it made his skin tingle and redden more. Sasha felt bad at the knowledge he’d been the one to pull them out tonight just to get them into trouble settling in. It was worse because nothing he was doing to help had helped.

Reaching down, he rubbed at the burn on his leg, it was an odd splattery splotch that felt different than the rest of his skin but he didn’t mind it. More than once he’d gotten the wrong herbs mixed together for a salve only to find his skin itching or boils popping up from a bad reaction. “I’m okay.” It wasn’t bad, not nearly as much now that he was warm again.

“More blankets yes, all blankets.” Determined to help grab all of them in the house to try and help or maybe make tea with the electric kettle as they’d taught him. Whatever he could do to try and make it up for getting them hurt. It was written all over his face as he sat in the bath with his knees pulled up and chin rested on them.

Frowning more he shook his head. “I’m okay.” But he wouldn’t fight with the knob more if they’d just keep changing it. He didn’t want it to break from moving back and forth with it.

Tilting his head, he understood most of what they were saying but it was confusing still. “Magic is magic.” A simple answer to him but unfortunately, it didn’t solve anything here and he didn’t want to power up and test his magic out on them since they said not to power up near home.

“Lot of blankets then,” he said with a nod as he finished washing up. “Not all.” Moving to get out and sit on the edge of the bath, he grabbed the little medical box and fished for the thing they’d used on him when they’d worried if he was sick after eating a plant. Nothing had happened to him but apparently, it was a plant that caused harm to humans.

Offering the little stick that said if someone was warm or not to Ian, he started drying his legs as he sat on the edge of the bath. The burn stung as he dabbed at it but otherwise, it looked okay to him. The box had all sorts of packets of salves and medicines, most of which he was still learning about. Something in here would do well for his leg, that he was sure of since Ian had said it but he scrunched his face up as he tried to remember what all the very long words meant. The language was hard for him to grasp especially considering his own world had very limited written language. Most everything was orally recorded and his only experience with anything else was on Chaldene with Amel.

Finally nodding a bit at how they explained it so he understood better, it made more sense. The fact they were cold because of him still made him feel bad but at least he would try to do his best to help. For now, he watched as the numbers went up on the little stick thing in Ian’s mouth. Its upward climb slowed even as the other got out of the bath to help him get what he needed.

Confusion bubbled up on his face as the thing made a noise he hadn’t heard it say before, showing letters instead of numbers on the screen. “Error?” It didn’t seem like a word he knew exactly but he figured it meant something was wrong, either with Ian or the thing.

Pressing his hand to their forehead, he found it chillier than he thought possible. They were always warm but now he was worried more because they felt like ice. It made him shiver a bit just thinking about it even as he pulled his hand back to look over the packets they’d pulled out for him. Trying to remember what the words looked like, he waited for them to see what to do next about the cold issue or about his leg. “Warmer for you.” Looking at them before looking back out the door towards the closet that had all the extra blankets.