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23 ♐ Video ♐ Casually ignore wound

[See Darkleer. See Darkleer without his glasses for once and his hair pulled back into a thick braid! See Darkleer also kind of bleeding somewhat from the arm.]

[Yeah that might be a problem. It seems he's on the beach and dress appropriately for the location, if not the weather. Tight swimming trunks cling to his legs, and what appears to be the bite mark of a shark is on one muscular arm. He doesn't seem much bothered by it- in fact, there's just the occasional wince as he pulls a tooth out. Just one more scar to add to what seems like a collection of them. Also noticeable would be a pendant that seems to be hanging around his throat... Hm.]

I've been meaning to ask this, but my schedule has been rather full up until now.

[Translation: I've been focusing on all my robots like a workaholic freak and trying to hide from weird romance problems.]

However, right now I have a bit of time while I'm working on something on the island. [In the water, more correctly, but details.] Would anyone be interested in learning basic medical skills? For example, how to assist someone who has drowned or how to stop a wound from bleeding.

It's better off to leave complete treatment to a more professional individual, such as our... esteemed head nurse, but skills such as these can help keep a situation from getting worse.

[There's a pause as he inspects his arm, now devoid of any shark teeth. Something seems to just *pop* out from his sylladex and he puts the modified omni-tool onto his good wrist. Don't mind him as he holds it over the bleeding wound and... wow that sure is some automatic healing going on. Technology is great, he loves technology.]

I will be on the island all day so feel free to simply locate me if you are interested. Speaking of the island... [A slight frown.] The pollen up here seems less severe than that down in the city.

Curious.

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[He stays silent for a moment before moving in to adjust Sola's position.]

Like this. What you're going to do is press down- in a real situation, there will be water in the lungs, and you'll be trying to pump it out until the person can cough it out themselves. It's also to help them breathe.

To do that, you're going to need to put all of your body into it, not just your arms.

Oh! That makes sense.

[He doesn't have trouble with water like that; living in the water temple tends to make one a strong swimmer, not to mention his shadow powers giving him the ability to slip through the water.. well, like a shadow, but he knows not everyone is as lucky as he is.

He adjusts his position as Darkleer directs, arms almost perpendicular to the dummy once he's moved.]

How's this?

Much better. Now press down just a couple of inches- that's how hard you'll want to push down. Any harder and you risk breaking something inside of them. Get a proper feel for it, and then relax, then press down again.

Don't rush for now, just make sure you get used to it.

[With his tongue stuck out in concentration, Sola does as directed, pressing down slowly a few inches, letting go, then pressing again. He wants to do it right the first time!]

[He watches as Sola goes at it, occasionally checking with his omni-tool to see the robot's condition and if Sola is pressing down correctly. Once he's certain that Sola has it down, he interrupts.]

That's very good, Sola. Now, you know how to count to one hundred?

Of course I know that. I'm not stupid.

[He should know that... he gets a little messed up around the teens but the rest he can do just fine! Usually! It's really easy to lose count when you're counting for that long...

But it's fine, he's sure he can do it. Of course he can!]

I know you're a very clever young man, Sola. I'm just making sure of every detail in case I miss something.

Now, you need to press down around one hundred times in the space of a minute, or at least close to it. Once you can do that, we'll move onto the next step, alright?

A hundred times in only a minute?!

[That's impossible! A hundred is too much! Darkleer must be trying to make a joke.]

Stop messing with me!

[Okay, that earns a light chuckle.]

Alright, how about you just go as fast as you can, and I'll time you? We'll see how much you can do in a minute.

[Sola makes a face at Darkleer, but replaces his hands as shown on the dummy. He proceeds to press down very quickly and sloppily, trying to count out loud as he goes but the presses definitely don't go with the numbers and he gets mixed up in the teens. Seriously, why can't it be oneteen, twoteen, threeteen...]

[To try and make the awkward less noticeable, he waits a moment before interrupting.]

Do you need assistance, Sola?

No, I can-!

[...okay no he can't. With a heavy sigh Sola sits back on his knees and looks somewhat forlorn.]

...I kinda lied. I can't count that good.

[Darkleer kneels down besides Sola and pats his shoulder.]

It's alright. Everyone starts somewhere, Sola. Even I did, although it was a very long time ago.

But I should be able to do something so easy like counting! I mean, everyone can count but it's hard for me because the tens don't make sense and there's too many numbers but everyone else can do it.

[The hand on his shoulder tightens just a little in a reassuring squeeze.]

Do you want to know a secret, Sola?

[Still pouting.]

What?

I wasn't very good at music when I was young. No sort of instrument, not slam poetry, nothing. Even when I could hold something in my hands without breaking it, the symbols that were involved still confused me. I could create robots, but music..

I still don't think I know how to do much of it, as a matter of fact.

You weren't? But that's something I can do.

[As if because it's something Sola can do and excel at he expects everyone else to be good at it too. It's surprising to him that Darkleer would have anything he's not good at.]

Um... I could teach you, if you wanted. Since you're teaching me stuff.

Can you? Well then. I would be interested, if you ever have the time.

[Another pat and his hand finally returns to his side.]

Everyone has something they're bad at, Sola. I know plenty of trolls who are wretched at math, even after living centuries.

I'll make time! I mean, you make time to help me with stuff like this so it's only fair.

[He looks up at Darkleer when he starts talking about trolls.]

Well, numbers are kinda hard. Do trolls really live that long?

Thank you kindly. And music is just as hard for me, so we're even.

[Erk.]

Well... Some do.

Will you?

[He blinks at Darkleer, genuinely curious to know the answer. It's fascinating to him that people can live that long.]

Johnny's over seven hundred. I wonder if I'll live that long.

[...probably not. He's already died twice, almost died a third, and he's only about 3 years old.]

Well.. I've already lived for some time, yes. Without highblood politics and Alternian culture interfering now, I could live for much longer.

I'm... over four hundred years old, I believe, if we use human years.

I'm only two.

[He's had two birthdays that is, anyway. Have a heavy sigh.]

Everyone here's so much older than me...

You know, I'm sure the children here once felt the same. But you'll continue to grow, and one day you'll realize that your age isn't quite everything.

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