Benevenuta has done this often enough that she has her own comfortable method; the stitches are small and tight, taking care that the wound shouldn't scar too badly when it heals. (It will, likely, scar.) She falls silent as she works, taking him at his word that he didn't come for comfort and doesn't wish to be talked through it more than is required.

Once the stitches are in and knotted off, she replaces his bandage with one from her supply, rolling it securely around his arm and fastening it in place with a pair of metal clips. "I don't like using these," she observes, "but needs must here." In Baedal, generally; they were what was available when she stocked up. "If you're all right to take a shower-" notably, she's not actually giving him a choice, just willing to negotiate whether it happens immediately or if he'd like to take a little while after the stitches, "-then I'll write down aftercare instructions and we can go over those when you're dressed."