[ chest hair. it feels truly stupid to find himself drawn to the sight of it, knowing many men have it — but rare is the targaryen who is hirsute. even daemon keeps his face clean, and aemond's own father only kept the most polite of beards for a short period, before sickness made grooming immaterial.

either way. aemond traces the drag marks and the cuts, imagines the paths that were taken to cause them. gravel cuts, perhaps; most do not look like finger scrapes. ]

You should shave. Hair gets into the cut, it could cause an infection. [ his fingers linger over the cut on tim's chest, pressing down on the bandage. ] You likely know that.

Well, you're not dying. You can put your shirt back on.