He's past the point of even particularly noticing that Ned's stepped away. He's trying to concentrate on the one thing he can: Bruce's words. The injuries hurt, there's no doubting that, but it doesn't sound as though Bruce is overly worried. That's a good sign, he thinks, although he's not thinking entirely clearly at the moment, despite his pause for thought.
"What do you have for pain?"
If they don't have anything good, anything strong enough to knock out a significant amount of this pain, he'll hold out longer. He doesn't like the way drugs make him dopey and out of it, but that might be the only choice right now. The pain just seems to be getting steadily worse as the shock from the attack starts to wear off.
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He's past the point of even particularly noticing that Ned's stepped away. He's trying to concentrate on the one thing he can: Bruce's words. The injuries hurt, there's no doubting that, but it doesn't sound as though Bruce is overly worried. That's a good sign, he thinks, although he's not thinking entirely clearly at the moment, despite his pause for thought.
"What do you have for pain?"
If they don't have anything good, anything strong enough to knock out a significant amount of this pain, he'll hold out longer. He doesn't like the way drugs make him dopey and out of it, but that might be the only choice right now. The pain just seems to be getting steadily worse as the shock from the attack starts to wear off.