Ari gave a faint frown and shut his eyes briefly so that he might pretend that he was in pain from the fall and not from pure exasperation at Oswald's words. Very funny. Of course, he probably meant well... it hadn't been his fault that Ari hadn't been watching his step. There was no sense in being disgruntled about it.
Ari's inclination, sitting in this filth, was disgruntlement all the same, but at least that could be flushed out by total mortification. "Please," he muttered gratefully at the offer of help, not certain that he wasn't going to slip again, now that his shoes were probably sticky with the stuff. Discreetly, he checked that his hand was still clean before reaching up so that Oswald might lend a hand as he pushed himself back to his feet, feeling a grumble of age in his joints as he did. (How was that fair? He wasn't even forty yet!)
"Is it everywhere?" He murmured gloomily to the other healer now, sure that he could feel the back of his work robes slicked with it. Of course this only happened when they were down the ability to cast a thorough cleaning spell and hospital maintenance were nowhere to be found.
Ari's inclination, sitting in this filth, was disgruntlement all the same, but at least that could be flushed out by total mortification. "Please," he muttered gratefully at the offer of help, not certain that he wasn't going to slip again, now that his shoes were probably sticky with the stuff. Discreetly, he checked that his hand was still clean before reaching up so that Oswald might lend a hand as he pushed himself back to his feet, feeling a grumble of age in his joints as he did. (How was that fair? He wasn't even forty yet!)
"Is it everywhere?" He murmured gloomily to the other healer now, sure that he could feel the back of his work robes slicked with it. Of course this only happened when they were down the ability to cast a thorough cleaning spell and hospital maintenance were nowhere to be found.
