Ajax returned the stare with one of his own. "I'm not LYING, I would never flat out lie to you." He huffed, flinching slightly as the wounds stung a little. They were tiny, and he didn't really care, but it was still very small amounts of pain. "Oh- uh-" He paused to think about that one. "I totally have no idea. Yep, just a normal day and I decided I had steam. Silly me. Guess I'd better get back to not having steam unless neccesary." Ajax answered with a brisk nod, looking at Mercy to see how she took that. Probably disbelievingly, but hey, she was trying. Maybe.

Mercy felt his skin slowly knit together beneath the bandage simply because of her touch, tilting her head down at his hand. She rolled her eyes at the obvious lie, gently shaking her head with a smile. "I seriously hope it's not about me being puffy because you didn't cuddle me. That'd be the tiniest bit stupid." She smiled, looking up at him with a slightly amused expression.

Ajax slowly drew his other hand up and rubbed his hand with a slight sigh. "How do you even do that. I want the ability to just heal myself like poof." He snorted, unwrapping the thin white gauze to see pink, tender skin underneath instead of slightly dried bloody crusty skin. Ajax unwrapped the other hand and tucked the gauze in his pocket before answering. "Toootally not. You are definitely right that would be idiotic. I have no idea what moron would do that but sheesh, they need a brain. Pfft." He replied hurridely, pretending to investigate the new skin rather thoroughly.

"Well, I did this thing called dying, and then there was whole bunch of white light and POOF. I've been a servant to humankind ever since." She said sarcastically, gently grabbing his hand and lifting it so she could teasingly press her lips against it. "There. Aaaalll better." She teased, letting go of his hand. "Yeah, they do, don't they?" She joked, chuckling. "I love you. You're a little bone headed sometimes, but you're my bonehead." She said lightly, pulling him down slightly and standing on her tiptoes to press a kiss to his forehead.

Ajax gasped dramatically. "Wait, so all I have to do is DIE?! Well that's easy, here, let me go get the axe." He started to turn around then paused. "See what you almost made me do. Gosh Mercy, what a bad influence." He sniffed, turning back to glare at her with a teasing gaze. "Wait but still- just like- POOF? Wooow." He marveled, his gaze going hazy as he stared off into the distance before returning to looking at Mercy with a grin. "Yeah definitely, whoever that guy was they do need a brain. Mhm, random guy sure needs a brain, wish I could give him my amazing one but I need it, too bad so sad." Ajax sighed mournfully, coughing a little before looking at Mercy with his twinkling blue eyes. "Hm- I love you too. You're a little clingy sometimes, but you're my clingy person." Ajax answered with the tiniest bit of a tease.

Mercy chuckled at him. "Oh, that's me. Just the worst influence." She said sarcastically, nodding. "Yeah. Just POOF. That's it." She joked, letting out a light laugh. She knew She was clingy- try as she might not to be, she just couldn't help it with someone she loved. She gave a look of mock offense. "Maybe if you gave me adequate cuddles, I wouldn't be so clingy. And I still haven't received those, by the way." She huffed.

"Ya know... maybe not the worst influence but still." Ajax pondered the thought, looking thoughtful before moving onto the next comment. "Amazing. POOF." He repeated quietly, nodding slowly. "OH so what you're saying is you won't be clingy with cuddles!? I wish I would've known that before!" Ajax sounded surprised, wrapping his arms around Mercy and setting his chin on her head. "This has to count, right?": He teased.

"Well, I can't compare with the wonderful influence standing in front of me, that's for sure." Mercy teased, raising her head to smile at him. "I dunno, I thought it was self explanatory." She joked, wrapping her arms around him and pressing her ear to his chest to listen to his heart faintly while his chin rested on her head. "More like a hug, but for your standards, that's a lot."

Ajax smiled a little with a shake of his head. "You are dilusional. Meant in a *friendly supposed to help you way*. Here's a tip- don't learn from me." He answered with a teasing snort. "Well it didn't self explain to me." He huffed, pressing a kiss to hr head. "See, I can do great at this cuddling thing, and yes, hugging is high standards. Isn't it for everyone?" Ajax inquired with a sly smile.

"Oh, alright then. Duly noted." Mercy smiled, chuckling at him gently as he pressed a kiss to her head. "I'm sure you could be. I'm still not convinced this counts as cuddles. And no, it's not. When we met every time I touched you, you turned red. Other people, not so much." She mocked, closing her eyes for a moment.