When Haku pulled away, Artemis very nearly begged for another one. Until Haku disengaged their hands. Then he realized that he hadn't been paying attention at all.

He looked back over his shoulder when the door opened, startled stiff as a board.

"Sean!" His nurse exclaimed, obviously shocked to find her charge out of bed so early. "Sean, don't bother Chris, he needs his rest. Come with me, let's get you breakfast."

"My arm hurts," Artemis replied automatically, complete with holding his upper arm in mock pain. "I want to stay here."

"It will hurt occasionally, that means it's healing. Now come here and I'll put you in your sling."

Well, apparently there were some things he couldn't change no matter how much he stated what he wanted. Artemis looked back at Haku with a painfully longing expression, but stood up and trudged to his nurse. She quickly helped him into the all-too-familiar sling.

"See you tonight, Chris," he called lamely as his nurse turned him towards the door. "I'll tell you about... that thing you asked about, tonight."

By then he could probably figure out a way to quell Haku's inevitable cool, terrifying rage.