Chapter 537: It’s always nice being dotted on no matter how old you are
Only after Neel left the room did I remember to ask. "It’s fine...right?" I looked at D’Ara and Natha, grinning sheepishly.
"I supposed," thankfully, Natha agreed this time. He rubbed my wrist, the part around the bandage, gently. "We only need to change the container after all. Although...I don’t think having Jade here while I take out the needle later would be good."
"A child needs to learn," D’Ara said.
"No; I think the kid will tell me to never get close to Valen ever again," Natha said seriously, but not because he was worried about being shooed away from me. "We’ll get into a big fight and Valen will get exhausted."
Pfft--I couldn’t help but laugh with D’Ara since Natha said it very seriously as if he were talking about a war strategy. No, no--I knew his worry was valid, and I also didn’t want to expose Jade to the shocking sight of me getting pierced. Still...it was funny.
[Papa!]
And then the bird came, followed by Zia and Ignis perching on her shoulder. Jade almost flew straight at a fast speed as usual, but Natha raised his hand on the bird’s path and grabbed Jade’s slowing body before the bird could reach me.
[Why? Why?!]
Obviously, Jade was confused and annoyed. "Be careful," Natha said sternly. "Your Papa is in the middle of treatment, so you can’t make a mess."
Jade would protest about how it never ’made a mess’ usually, but the word ’treatment’ seemed to stop the little bird. Instead, Jade was gasping. [Oh! Jade sorry!]
"It’s okay," I chuckled at this over-protective behavior. It wasn’t like I was in pain, but...it was also a good time to teach Jade to be careful. "You can come carefully."