[He takes a little longer to answer this time, his gaze cast low at first.]
I'm fine. [His default, and a half-truth: he is fine, he's fit and safe and did okay in the fight, he's not emotionally or mentally traumatized (more than usual), he's satisfied by how things went down. But he's... confused, and here she is fussing over him like he's the one upset about it. He's fine. And that's all too much to explain and very him-focused, but that's not what they need right now.] I said I'd explain everything after... don't you want to know?
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I'm fine. [His default, and a half-truth: he is fine, he's fit and safe and did okay in the fight, he's not emotionally or mentally traumatized (more than usual), he's satisfied by how things went down. But he's... confused, and here she is fussing over him like he's the one upset about it. He's fine. And that's all too much to explain and very him-focused, but that's not what they need right now.] I said I'd explain everything after... don't you want to know?