"I sweated off my headache in the gym and spent the rest of it drawing," he says, still wearing that hint of a smile. There is a bruise on his ribs courtesy of Nuada, and another on his right thigh, but they'll be gone by morning, and he always feels better for it. Now that he has to work to be able to defend himself physically, it wouldn't feel right if working for it didn't involve some small amount of pain.