There was no hesitation, really. He didn't feel the need to be a man about pain. "Yes," he said. "Please." He eyed the equipment Hadyn started setting up and wondered, for a moment, why he couldn't have taken up ceramics or something.

As Hadyn said frequently.

"So," he said conversationally as Hadyn ducked back in. "How much am I going to scream over this?" Because he'd wanted to already, of course, and he'd only held it back to keep the panic levels down for Rhiann - who would be useless back here.