The good news is that when Ryohei comes bounding out of the house a few minutes later, he doesn’t seem intent on knocking Ken out and definitely not killing him. Instead, there’s a paper scrunched up in his hand that he glances at, just to remind himself of the basics of the conversation he’d just had. He does learn, after all.

“Doctor Shamal said that a sun flame would just make the healing go faster, but it wouldn’t set bones! They have to be set first! And he said that to find out the damage, we’d have to use an x-ray!”

“No,” is Chikusa’s immediate answer, sharper than his usual quietness. Ryohei’s face furrows in a frown.

“But-”

“No.”