He nodded, grimacing. "I know. This is my second." The first time had taken two days to stop bleeding off and on.

"I tried to teleport out of the building the first time. It flung me halfway across the fourth floor, as the hooks struck. That is why I did not go far enough, this time," he explained, still guilty about that. "I don't kn-know what would have happened if I'd struck a barrier carrying you two."