"Not to worry, I can do much more than just that."

He follows that eyeline downwards, patting featherlight at the edges of his shirt where it gives way to wrapping, lopsidedly smiling in the most effortless reassurance imaginable.

"Shocking as it is to hear, I'm something of a vain creature. And while you've seen some of my scars, I'd like to avoid adding more to my current repertoire."

In other words, he's simply making sure those last, clinging, now-shallow little marks fade without so much as a single scratch.