"I'll be fine in a moment." He takes another relieved breath, letting it out slowly and closing his eyes as the cool water calms him. He knows to be more careful but he has to watch that he doesn't fall into the trap of berating himself for being too hasty in his habits.

"If you could grab the aloe, that would be helpful. I didn't quite make it out of the fire untouched. One of the few, uh, benefits of my condition I guess, is that tomorrow this will be mostly gone." Another breath and his heart settled into its regular, calm pace and he opened his eyes, almost warily but was even more relieved to see that they hadn't changed.