[Ah, bold, to start with the hands. Palamedes nods, nudging Paul's hand first to slide the towel under it; he is going to worry about the mess, actually, because this isn't his... hovel. Not that he'd bleed all over the Sixth bunker like some kind of berserk soda machine, but it's the principle of the thing — and, although he carefully won't put the thought to words in case that lessens the effect, it's to create a more reassuring atmosphere.
It's a towel. He realizes this. But a little order while he does this dangerous and precise thing to Paul's hands can't go amiss, so: it's a towel, and it's very important.]
You said you can control your — responses, more or less, right? But that's likely going to aggravate this further if you do it right now, so please resist the temptation. I won't lie: it's going to hurt.
[More than crystals buried in the joints? That remains to be seen. He pauses; it's easy enough for his necromancy to hold someone still, which should help, but as this is not a very pressing emergency... This time, he will Actually Ask. (Sorry, Gideon, all those months ago.)]
If you're okay with it, I know a similar trick, but you'd have to focus pretty intently on letting it happen without fighting back.
[Cool. He has selected a scalpel, and rubs his thumb over what looks like the most swollen joint in Paul's fingers, to get a better mental picture of where the flesh ends and crystal begins. He glances up at Paul's face — perhaps they should try one without tricks first, see how that goes? He'd said for Palamedes to start when ready, so very deliberately he presses scalpel into skin for the first incision.
Pros: he's pretty familiar with how the insides of bodies work.
Cons: it is a goddamn scalpel and no one in the Nine Houses believes in anesthetic.]
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It's a towel. He realizes this. But a little order while he does this dangerous and precise thing to Paul's hands can't go amiss, so: it's a towel, and it's very important.]
You said you can control your — responses, more or less, right? But that's likely going to aggravate this further if you do it right now, so please resist the temptation. I won't lie: it's going to hurt.
[More than crystals buried in the joints? That remains to be seen. He pauses; it's easy enough for his necromancy to hold someone still, which should help, but as this is not a very pressing emergency... This time, he will Actually Ask. (Sorry, Gideon, all those months ago.)]
If you're okay with it, I know a similar trick, but you'd have to focus pretty intently on letting it happen without fighting back.
[Cool. He has selected a scalpel, and rubs his thumb over what looks like the most swollen joint in Paul's fingers, to get a better mental picture of where the flesh ends and crystal begins. He glances up at Paul's face — perhaps they should try one without tricks first, see how that goes? He'd said for Palamedes to start when ready, so very deliberately he presses scalpel into skin for the first incision.
Pros: he's pretty familiar with how the insides of bodies work.
Cons: it is a goddamn scalpel and no one in the Nine Houses believes in anesthetic.]