Vance grunted slightly, moving his arm a bit so that he could look over at her. Without moving his head much because, yeah, that still hurt. "I've forgotten how much of a pain in the ass the TK was back when we started. The blood's because I kept trying overextending myself."

Because Vance could take a blow from some of the strongest guys out there now. Had gone toe to two with Zuras, had taken a hit straight to his shields from one of the strongest entities in the known universe and hadn't flinched. He'd have adjusted soon enough. If he'd had time to do so.

"Gumdrops would be good. I've got a couple of hydration packs that are helping a lot, too." He hadn't lost a lot of blood, but that didn't mean it wasn't having an effect on him.