"It isn't being a wimp." Ami was quick to be reassuring about that, at least; and she believed it. It was common sense instead, to her. "If you come right away, you'll be at your best again more quickly, too."

The bruises did look new. She went through the usual litany of questions: how bad did he rate his pain, was there anything in his medical history that would be relevant, such as medications he was taking or allergic to, or old injuries the new ones may have impacted.