...How odd. Why that, I wonder.

[ Why there, he wants to ask. If it were elsewhere, then there was a chance he could remove it without harming her, but... ]

I'm glad that it doesn't hurt, at least. I would have to pay our friends back, if that were the case. [ His eye turns to her temple where she had motioned, and he feels sick, imagining that he'll have to extract it, but it doesn't show at all. ] Do you know why it works in that way?