[ ...damn. ]

Ah.. we were stuck fighting in the forest for several days before we found our way out.

I suppose some of us got a little beat up. [ And the way in which he says it is... well of course even he would be injured, right?

Allen's an Exorcist. It's just how he understands battle. They always come back with wounds that will heal. ]

It's fine— [ see he'll even offer her a much more merry, perfectly cheered sort of smile as he points up to himself.

That it's an act to try and make her feel better—well he is a performer, is he not? ]

—by now our wounds have recovered anyway.

[ It's also not disingenuous. ]