Alice’s eyes traveled over to catch his for a moment, before settling back on the sunrise. An even number again? So he’d been injured.
Badly.
Though the way he said it and the faint glint in his eye, coupled with the fact he’d given the information freely, seemed to lead to the conclusion it didn’t bother him much.
He acted like it was no big deal; best to keep it that way.
“Well, you still have a considerable amount more than the sun. Perhaps it poked your eye out of jealous spite.”
“–…" He blinks. Twice. And then he balls up his cloak in his fist and tugs it to cover his mouth which has started to smile. And then…c h u c k l e. His knees bow with the shaking of his shoulders as he laughs. "I should think it’s because I have eyes.”