[Dorian puts down his phone and takes another sip of coffee as the vampire joins him on the couch.]
Fresh from sleeping the sleep of the young. No nightmares, surprisingly. [Probably because his brain and body were simply too exhausted to conjure up anything. The portrait can remove physical maladies that alter him, but bone-tired exhaustion has never fallen under its purview, unfortunately.
He searches Larus' face. The bruise on the other man's cheek is almost completely gone.]
You look a lot better. [In every conceivable way, really. All that's missing is color in the cheeks.]
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Fresh from sleeping the sleep of the young. No nightmares, surprisingly. [Probably because his brain and body were simply too exhausted to conjure up anything. The portrait can remove physical maladies that alter him, but bone-tired exhaustion has never fallen under its purview, unfortunately.
He searches Larus' face. The bruise on the other man's cheek is almost completely gone.]
You look a lot better. [In every conceivable way, really. All that's missing is color in the cheeks.]