That was definitely not the response that Ned had been expecting, but it's certainly preferable. Of course it wouldn't have been his fault, if his blood were poisonous and Meyer came to harm by it. He hadn't asked to be bitten. But Ned has some bad and complicated history with thinking of his body as toxic, as deadly. He'd much prefer to merely be intoxicating.
"How on earth-"
But Ned breaks off once again, eyes widening. This time it is in surprise, rather than fear. He moves the bloody handkerchief away from his neck, runs his fingertips over the bite inquiringly. Or, he would be running them over the bite, were it still there. The skin is sealed up, smooth, whole, though sticky with leftover blood.
"It's gone," he says, utterly baffled. He feels the area again, searching for any kind of indentation, any tear, but it is gone. The area is still sensitive, still painful, but it is unmistakably... "Healed. I must've... gotten healing powers, with the flower powers."
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That was definitely not the response that Ned had been expecting, but it's certainly preferable. Of course it wouldn't have been his fault, if his blood were poisonous and Meyer came to harm by it. He hadn't asked to be bitten. But Ned has some bad and complicated history with thinking of his body as toxic, as deadly. He'd much prefer to merely be intoxicating.
"How on earth-"
But Ned breaks off once again, eyes widening. This time it is in surprise, rather than fear. He moves the bloody handkerchief away from his neck, runs his fingertips over the bite inquiringly. Or, he would be running them over the bite, were it still there. The skin is sealed up, smooth, whole, though sticky with leftover blood.
"It's gone," he says, utterly baffled. He feels the area again, searching for any kind of indentation, any tear, but it is gone. The area is still sensitive, still painful, but it is unmistakably... "Healed. I must've... gotten healing powers, with the flower powers."