She shivered slightly as he touched below the bruising, but nodded regardless. "I ache Bill, and it hurts to lift my arm or move much of my side, but I've had worse." Far worse.

At leas the wound from when he'd found her was a nice, tattoo-like line?

"Heat will be good for me, and some nice, low impact exercise." She said 'exercise' with a cheerful leer and ran fingers down his back, because, well, she could!