He sighed softly. "You used to call me 'Rama-ai in return," he thought dimly. Shaking his head, he said instead "Because that is what I call you." And that was true, because that is what he had called him for centuries, once he had stopped using Kuronue's full name. It always felt too formal to his tongue.

He finished with the wing and began work on the spot in between the wings. "You should keep these clean while they heal, which shouldn't take much longer than a week or two. If the bandaging gets dirty I'll have to redo it."