It really doesn't seem that bad. Lambert holds a hand over the wound on Childermass's chest, shielding it from the light, and the strange flicker of something that vaguely resembles dark mist settles into just ... black blood, oozing out. The clothes clearly suffered worse.
"His physical injuries aren't serious." Lambert takes the bottle from Peridot, splashing some on his fingers. As soon as he moves his hand from the wounds, exposing it to the light, the smoke-like substance rises from it again, the liquid evaporating.
As for why they knocked him out ... "It was just a guess," Lambert admits, daubing some of the disinfectant on Childermass's wounds. "I don't know what a bloodbond is, but you hear something like that and it just sounds bad, right? When the Count spoke after that ... you saw how he was."
Act, don't think. Lambert thinks that it was the right decision, after the moment, but he can't say a lot of critical thought went into making it.
"He's always been easy to influence with magical suggestion. But," and he smirks, though it's slightly lopsided. "In my experience, it's usually harder to influence a mind if it isn't conscious. Those brats must have thought of the same thing." Speaking of Rin and Shima, did they make it back? Lambert isn't sure. He'll keep working as he talks, though, sizing Childermass up. A shirt he can get away with cutting, he'd probably get yelled at for cutting the vest too, especially knowing that it's really not that serious.
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"His physical injuries aren't serious." Lambert takes the bottle from Peridot, splashing some on his fingers. As soon as he moves his hand from the wounds, exposing it to the light, the smoke-like substance rises from it again, the liquid evaporating.
As for why they knocked him out ... "It was just a guess," Lambert admits, daubing some of the disinfectant on Childermass's wounds. "I don't know what a bloodbond is, but you hear something like that and it just sounds bad, right? When the Count spoke after that ... you saw how he was."
Act, don't think. Lambert thinks that it was the right decision, after the moment, but he can't say a lot of critical thought went into making it.
"He's always been easy to influence with magical suggestion. But," and he smirks, though it's slightly lopsided. "In my experience, it's usually harder to influence a mind if it isn't conscious. Those brats must have thought of the same thing." Speaking of Rin and Shima, did they make it back? Lambert isn't sure. He'll keep working as he talks, though, sizing Childermass up. A shirt he can get away with cutting, he'd probably get yelled at for cutting the vest too, especially knowing that it's really not that serious.