[He's so sorry about this, but... he did something his mother used to do when the disinfectant would sting and blew carefully on the now cleaned wound to help alleviate the pain sooner. A few more times, just to be sure before he sprayed on the local anesthetic. This would hopefully keep the stitching to feel like some slight poking and prodding - it did for him - but they would see once he started.]
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[He's so sorry about this, but... he did something his mother used to do when the disinfectant would sting and blew carefully on the now cleaned wound to help alleviate the pain sooner. A few more times, just to be sure before he sprayed on the local anesthetic. This would hopefully keep the stitching to feel like some slight poking and prodding - it did for him - but they would see once he started.]