[Even that brief moment of delay makes David panic, in the split second between his arrival and Balthier appearing. He catches the man easily in his arms, wanting to hold him up.]
it's okay. I've got you. Tell me which floor you're on. We'll get there. I'm going to take care of you.
[He owed it to Balthier, because either the spell to cure David had gone wrong and hurt Balthier, or... Or he'd just taken David's migraine into himself. And that would be even worse. David was good at playing through the particular pain of the things, given how his powers had been changed. But Balthier likely wasn't.]
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it's okay. I've got you. Tell me which floor you're on. We'll get there. I'm going to take care of you.
[He owed it to Balthier, because either the spell to cure David had gone wrong and hurt Balthier, or... Or he'd just taken David's migraine into himself. And that would be even worse. David was good at playing through the particular pain of the things, given how his powers had been changed. But Balthier likely wasn't.]