[His tone may offer no room for argument, but given the way Lif's eyes flare to life in a reddened, glowing glare, well, he's gonna get one anyway--]
Cease. I am fine, and I am--perfectly capable of taking care of myself, and it is not necessary. Go back to the--
[It's as if on cue that his horse decides that she's had enough of Lif's pontificating, and she decides to express this by way of promptly bucking Lif off of her back and sending him to the ground. His weapon falls out of his hand and perhaps thankfully, he falls onto his back so Hubert can actually get a good look at what's happened.
It seems to be the culmination of many smaller injuries; given that his defenses tend to be inhumanly strong, there's many darkened cuts into the glowing blue parts of his body, and in general he seems like he's been dealing with a battle of attrition. One mage seems to have gotten a good hit off on him with Gronnwolf or something similar, given the almost magical bite injury he's sustained on one of his legs, so...walking is perhaps surprisingly out of the question for him.
Lif doesn't even look at Hubert. His dignity is already shattered, he's just giving up and letting the man assess the damage.]
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Cease. I am fine, and I am--perfectly capable of taking care of myself, and it is not necessary. Go back to the--
[It's as if on cue that his horse decides that she's had enough of Lif's pontificating, and she decides to express this by way of promptly bucking Lif off of her back and sending him to the ground. His weapon falls out of his hand and perhaps thankfully, he falls onto his back so Hubert can actually get a good look at what's happened.
It seems to be the culmination of many smaller injuries; given that his defenses tend to be inhumanly strong, there's many darkened cuts into the glowing blue parts of his body, and in general he seems like he's been dealing with a battle of attrition. One mage seems to have gotten a good hit off on him with Gronnwolf or something similar, given the almost magical bite injury he's sustained on one of his legs, so...walking is perhaps surprisingly out of the question for him.
Lif doesn't even look at Hubert. His dignity is already shattered, he's just giving up and letting the man assess the damage.]