[For most of his life, Lazarus has been unneeded. Chess prodigies are, in the grand scheme of things, superfluous, a curiosity that intrigues a niche crowd in a modern world, but is of little practical use elsewhere. A tyrannical, unscrupulous uncle had reminded him of it often enough, the fact that he was only anyone because he knew how to dance on black and white squares, and humanity was composed of more ambiguous shades of grey that denied a chessmaster any genuine access.
This is more than access, it's an invitation to go above and beyond and prove that he can move between those shadows he'd been warned away from as a child. He can be attentive, he can care, and he can put the needs of someone else first, even if this ranks up there among the very strangest days of his life. Besides, doesn't he owe Cesar for his monstrous doppelganger dragging him into this mess?]
Um... sit still, please. I'm going to get the bandages, now that you're all cleaned up...
[He says so after he's finished his careful, meticulous cleaning. Something he's always been good at, taking contaminated or sullied things and making them pure again. He stands and fetches the kit, bringing it back and starting to pick through and look for the best options to smear with neosporin.]
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This is more than access, it's an invitation to go above and beyond and prove that he can move between those shadows he'd been warned away from as a child. He can be attentive, he can care, and he can put the needs of someone else first, even if this ranks up there among the very strangest days of his life. Besides, doesn't he owe Cesar for his monstrous doppelganger dragging him into this mess?]
Um... sit still, please. I'm going to get the bandages, now that you're all cleaned up...
[He says so after he's finished his careful, meticulous cleaning. Something he's always been good at, taking contaminated or sullied things and making them pure again. He stands and fetches the kit, bringing it back and starting to pick through and look for the best options to smear with neosporin.]