Any relief, even temporary, would be enough for him, he supposed. If he could get through the day, he could suffer after Theseus was in bed. "As long as I can somewhat keep up with my almost-five-year-old." Eugene shrugged, smiling slightly. Eugene had been active in his son's life since the very beginning and not being able to play outside or go riding or for walks like they used to was hard for both of them. Theseus was too young to really understand how bad the injuries were and frankly Eugene didn't want to burden him with the knowledge either. It was hard to tell your child much beyond, "Daddy isn't as fast as he used to be, that's all."

"So I should try some on my wrist first and see how it goes? Any other instructions? Anything I should look out for?" He'd been good about caring for the wound so far, it wasn't likely to stop now. Anything to help ease the impacts.