[He winces slightly and raises one stalk eye above the other. Cassian just doesn't seem to reflect that.]

<I had some spinal injuries as well, and various broken legs and associated pseudo-esophageal ruptures. Aside from a fractured foreleg and a degree of stiffness none of that was evident when I woke, but of course I didn't stay like that so I can't say what else lingered.>

[He hasn't had to rely on natural processes to heal anything since he was in his forties. In the background, a passing technician double-takes at the alien hard enough to collide with a wall, which the Andalite pretends he didn't just see.]

<You know, if the confusion and uncertain memories are thanks to physical trauma, I shouldn't be experiencing either. That's something else.>