[now the pain's starting to register: a sort of creeping, hard numbness, more blunt where Rory's fingers press into her wrenched arm. And then she remembers that she's supposed to be taking care of him, he was in pain, and she reaches to hold his arms in turn]
Don't--your headache--
[--is the most inconsequential thing in the world right now, but it's something she has control over]
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Don't--your headache--
[--is the most inconsequential thing in the world right now, but it's something she has control over]