[The answer didn't address his confusion at all. His frown deepens in the manner of someone who still didn't understand what the apology was for.]
I don't really care. [It may sound dismissive and maybe it was. He's seen ruder and worse reactions when people end up in bad situations.] Who's going to want an apology for something so inconsequential?
[And that's really all he has to say on the matter. He doesn't feel like he's any good at comfort but he can at least, hopefully, stop any incoming apologies. He hands the crutch back.]
A congenital problem...? [He looks between the crutch and the man, still frowning. Thinking about the dangers they keep facing and how something like this could mean life or death.
And then, because he is a man who had spent his years at SiSheng Peak inventing things for the common people without cultivation, his mind turns to tools...a better crutch, maybe. A brace, perhaps?
He was not a doctor. People are difficult and he's no good with them. But tools...tools he understands. He doesn't know this person or their struggles but he has never been sure what to do with himself if not to help others.
...but he doesn't want to outright offer assistance. After all, if he offers he can be rejected and that would be embarrassing. But if he just....feels it out, all subtle like then offer something as if it were an afterthought then even if it's not appreciated it wouldn't be so embarrassing.] Does the crutch help?
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I don't really care. [It may sound dismissive and maybe it was. He's seen ruder and worse reactions when people end up in bad situations.] Who's going to want an apology for something so inconsequential?
[And that's really all he has to say on the matter. He doesn't feel like he's any good at comfort but he can at least, hopefully, stop any incoming apologies. He hands the crutch back.]
A congenital problem...? [He looks between the crutch and the man, still frowning. Thinking about the dangers they keep facing and how something like this could mean life or death.
And then, because he is a man who had spent his years at SiSheng Peak inventing things for the common people without cultivation, his mind turns to tools...a better crutch, maybe. A brace, perhaps?
He was not a doctor. People are difficult and he's no good with them. But tools...tools he understands. He doesn't know this person or their struggles but he has never been sure what to do with himself if not to help others.
...but he doesn't want to outright offer assistance. After all, if he offers he can be rejected and that would be embarrassing. But if he just....feels it out, all subtle like then offer something as if it were an afterthought then even if it's not appreciated it wouldn't be so embarrassing.] Does the crutch help?