"Yeah, I've heard that before," he says, though it's almost to himself, really. 'Just a scratch', 'just a bruise', 'it's nothing, Ma', then 'it's nothing, Buck'. So this is what it feels like hearing it from this side.

No wonder they always gave him a grumpy look.

"All right, Dejah. This is definitely a little more than a scratch, but you keep positive like that, all right? We're heading out now. Heading for the tree house..."