"Nah, I've just been hit enough times myself to spot it." he replied, tapping the bridge of his nose--with a very subtle defect at the bridge she would spot if she gave it a closer look, indicating a previous break--before he drew one hand away from her face and flicked a ball of fire into being, rolling it onto the back of his hand as he had with her headache before he curled his glowing-coal hand against her cheek.

"And it's not gonna bruise--this I can fix, hang on..."

Neil's eyes fell shut as he concentrated. Following his magic as he channeled heat into her body, he sent his awareness into her body again, focusing on the abused cartilage and soft tissue...it wasn't all that different from a migraine, controlling the blood flow, and if he really concentrated he might be able to patch some of them the way he sealed his own wounds, with a little bit of heat...

The warmth that pulsed beneath her skin, spreading not just across her face but down the back of her neck, began to burn just a little along her cheekbones and the bridge of her nose while he worked in silence, but gradually the heat began to cool, and as he pulled his awareness out of her veins and tissues, he actually smoothed both thumbs over the bridge of her nose with gentle pressure as he held her face--the pad of each thumb, shockingly, freezing cold as it touched her skin.

"Sorry sorry sorry," he apologized softly, repeating the action, "just wanna ease the pain--and help with the swelling."