[Blake nods in response— that sounds like something she can do at the moment, and there's nothing she hates more than feeling helpless. She does prepare herself to follow, her movements slow and sending fresh pain through each of her limbs, but she bites back the urge to make any noise betraying just how uncomfortable she is. Even with a friend, she doesn't want to be seen as vulnerable.
no subject
She frowns again as Kaede goes on to explain.]
That's... grim.
[Like everything else here has been.]
That doesn't bother you?