[ She tightens her jaw and lets him help haul her back up to, both furious (at herself) and embarrassed. It doesn't feel like she aggravated the wound and it hadn't required stitches given the nature of how the bullet passed through; it was simply a matter of β ]
Stood up too quickly is all, [ she says on a sharp exhale, putting the rest of her weight on her steadier right leg. Peggy places a hand to the side of her left thigh to check for any blood seeping through but her trousers remain dry. Small mercies. ] I'm all right, Captain Kirk, thank you.
[ The formality is a little more stiff than the easy conversation they'd had just moments before. But she doesn't do well with this sort of thing and she hadn't meant for any of it to be a fuss. ]
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Stood up too quickly is all, [ she says on a sharp exhale, putting the rest of her weight on her steadier right leg. Peggy places a hand to the side of her left thigh to check for any blood seeping through but her trousers remain dry. Small mercies. ] I'm all right, Captain Kirk, thank you.
[ The formality is a little more stiff than the easy conversation they'd had just moments before. But she doesn't do well with this sort of thing and she hadn't meant for any of it to be a fuss. ]