[Diluc's sigh is deep and exasperated, but ultimately he cannot blame Beatrix for her abundance of caution. Just minutes ago, he was trying to rip her throat out like some kind of common beast. He's lucky she is giving him even this much benefit of the doubt.
As instructed, he gets off the ground with slow and deliberate movements. Once back on his feet, he raises his hands in a show of surrender and turns to face her. He's dirty, and the impact point of the arrow's graze is still bloody, but otherwise there's no sign of the lindworm transformation left in him. The man standing before her is fully human, and - despite his best efforts to hide it - more than little mortified.]
don't kinkshame him
As instructed, he gets off the ground with slow and deliberate movements. Once back on his feet, he raises his hands in a show of surrender and turns to face her. He's dirty, and the impact point of the arrow's graze is still bloody, but otherwise there's no sign of the lindworm transformation left in him. The man standing before her is fully human, and - despite his best efforts to hide it - more than little mortified.]
I should have been more careful. I'm sorry.