[The unexpected response does more to draw House up short than anything else so far. He blinks a few times, eyes darting around the room. His body is telling him he's about to die, that Kunsel is going to attack him, drag him back to that operating room to stitch his limbs back together, finish the job Kid had start on his tongue. But the more rational side of him that is still there, if much smaller and quieter, says that's completely ridiculous. The reboot happened and Kunsel wasn't in the tower, anyway.
House just goes still and silent for a long moment, the hammer held up and ready to strike. His pulse pounds and the blood roars in his ears as his body shakes. He's in a full panic attack. Great.]
Space. Just... stay the hell away from me for ten minutes. Fifteen minutes. Or I swear to the freaking robot spiders I'll throw this hammer at your face.
[House's voice is thicker. There's a quaver and he hates how his body is reacting in ways he can't physically control.]
cw: mentions of surgery/stitches/tongue injury/body horror
House just goes still and silent for a long moment, the hammer held up and ready to strike. His pulse pounds and the blood roars in his ears as his body shakes. He's in a full panic attack. Great.]
Space. Just... stay the hell away from me for ten minutes. Fifteen minutes. Or I swear to the freaking robot spiders I'll throw this hammer at your face.
[House's voice is thicker. There's a quaver and he hates how his body is reacting in ways he can't physically control.]