[ There's very little Stede can do about the situation, other than try and take care of Ed when he comes back from the raiding and the fighting and the fuckery. He's not exactly proficient at fighting himself despite the lessons and he doesn't have a reputation to help. The only thing he can do is welcome Ed back when he returns and offer him the kindness that has been absent for so long.
He keeps washing, cleaning gently, lifting his head to look with a smile. ]
That's good to hear. We'd all be devastated to see you go.
[ Swallowing, he looks at the arm as it moves, the flex of muscle, and focusses on finishing off the washing. It doesn't take much longer until the arm is nice and clean - perhaps not as good as a proper bath, but needs must, as it were. Then he gets up, ready to swap out the water. ]
Make yourself comfortable and I'll get to the hair, then.
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He keeps washing, cleaning gently, lifting his head to look with a smile. ]
That's good to hear. We'd all be devastated to see you go.
[ Swallowing, he looks at the arm as it moves, the flex of muscle, and focusses on finishing off the washing. It doesn't take much longer until the arm is nice and clean - perhaps not as good as a proper bath, but needs must, as it were. Then he gets up, ready to swap out the water. ]
Make yourself comfortable and I'll get to the hair, then.