Sage tried to sort of just stay there patiently, and not make to much noise...he didn't want to worry Mari...but it did hurt, a lot. The process was even longer than undressing him, and involved more cursing on his part too, though it was broken up by the occasional yelp or hiss too. He was exhausted by the time they actually got him in the tub, so he sort of just....sat there wearily once he got in the water. The warm water felt nice after the initial sting of it...he knew washing himself off would hurt, and he wasn't looking forward to it, but for now even just sitting there did feel nice, and they could at least get the dirt and stuff the doctor hadn't cleaned off of of him.

Mari let him sit for a little while... let his muscles soothe and get comfortable. She just hoped he wouldn't hurt to much with the hot water hitting his wounds. She felt bad... she hadn't at all seen his wounds yet. But they looked pretty awful. She hadn't realised they were so bad. It sort of worried her... they were deep, too. He was medicated, though, so not only was he a little dopey, but in less pain too. She gently ran her hands through his hair before he started to clean off, hopefully helping him to relax a little.

Sage sort of just sat there for a while, getting used to the water before scooting over so Mari could easily reach him when she went to start getting his hair wet to wash it. He threw her a thankful glance, since he really didn't even want to try and do it himself....it wouldn't have worked very well. But, whatever she was doing definitely felt nice, so he sort of just leaned his head back and closed his eyes, letting her do .. whatever she needed or felt like she wanted to do. He didn't care....he was tired, and it felt really quite Wonderful.

Mari smiled softly when he sort of moved to make it easier for her.. at least he wasn't too uncomfortable that way. She gently scrubbed his hair with shampoo before rinsing it out, then gave him a wipe for his face and wherever he thought needed a clean. She left him to sort himself out after a bit, and grabbed some clean bandages and some soft clothes for him to change into once they'd finished up.

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Sage was more than happy to let Mari wash his hair out for a bit, then sort of worked at gently wiping off his face and everything else that he needed to clean off. He couldn't really reach his back or anything, but he assumed the doctor would make sure he put something on the cuts to keep it from getting infected. Once Mari came back, he'd finished, and she helped him out and dry off, and then he sort of just plopped down on the ground so she could work at his bandages and such.

Mari grabbed some sort of paste that the doctor had given Sage... it was supposedly to keep things clean and make the swelling go down, so sounded pretty decent to her. She carefully put it on his wounds before bandaging them up... it was wasier now, since the water had softened his skin and made the pain subside ever so slightly... but he was still a little bit wriggly. She finished soon, though, and soon wrestled him back it into some fresh, clean clothes. She'd make him some food soon, too... just make sure he had a really relaxed evening.

Sage sat as still as he could while mari worked on bandaging him up, but it did hurt, a lot, and so he definitely didn't do a very great job at it. He was tired though, so he didn't like...get up and move or anything, which probably helped things. By the time she'd finished that and helped wrestle him into clothes, and re-do his sling, he was sagging against her tiredly. "How often do we have to do this," he sort of mumbled out, hoping it wasn't too often...it took a lot of energy. He'd even lost the energy to curse towards the end of the time they were forcing clothes back onto his body. Now, he just really wanted to go curl up on the bed with Mari. And the kids too, if they were still there and interested.

Mari chuckled softly at his comment before shrugging. "Just... whenever. When you start feeling sort of gross, then we can do it I guess," she chuckled lightly to him. "Every few days is probably best, though," she told him softly. She did think so... it wasn't an easy task, but certainly one that needed doing all the same. "The more you do it the sooner you'll feel better. And the more inclined I'll be to sleep in the same bed as you," she joked softly before pecking his cheek and wrapping her arms around his sides from behind, since he was slumped against her. "Come on. Let's get you back to bed," she eventually said to the boy.

Sage sort of just nodded in response to her comment. Well, at least it wasn't every day....he had a feeling that would be too much. At least for right now, anyway. He chuckled and gave her a rather loopy looking grin. "well, if it gets you in bed with me I suppose I can handle that," he joked lightly before struggling to get his feet under him and help her drag him back to his bed, where he collapsed onto the blankets with an exhausted huff of air. He sort of just...lay there once he got down...he didn't have the energy to crawl under the blankets or anything. He was just so tired.

Mari rolled her eyes at his comment before shaking her head softly. "Bed, come on," she chuckled softly to the boy. It did amuse her, though... she thought it was a bit funny that despite all of this, his pain and the obvious tiredness that danced across his face, he could still crack a joke. Albeit a slightly out of place one. She went to grab a small blanket for him once he settled down, and gently tucked him him... both the kids were asleep, so she put Silas back to his bed and Liz in her crib before coming back to sit on the edge of the bed to make sure her husband was all comfortable and warm.