"You have very strange friends," was all Aidan could think to say to that. He was glad that it wasn't anything more serious than that. He could understand having to inflict a normally mortal wound on a friend.

That was enough of that kind of talk though. They'd gotten through it, there were others to check on, but there wasn't any use sitting around talking about how horrible it had been.

"Swimming. I really want to go swimming later."