[He sure didn't answer that. But that's fine, they have this hug, and Hazel seems to be easing up slowly, even if it's just with baby comments like this. Jae-Ha smiles, curling his fingers into Hazel's hair and watching it slip through.]

My right leg is stronger than you can imagine. So long as I kicked with that one, I don't think it would have ended as badly as you might think.

[He's just saying. That leg can't get cut, as far as he knows, when there are scales. Burning? He doesn't think that would be a problem either.] But it wouldn't have finished it off, and I had to be sure I could get us out of there. Are you complaining when I didn't even kick it?