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"He has nerve damage so he literally can't feel anything...it's not that great. It's actually dangerous, if he would get some kind of overly serious injury he wouldn't know about it and then where would we be? Hmm?" he replied, looking at Raph with a concerned look. He was simply trying to prove his side of the point, not scare him.

E noted that they would probably be waiting a while, so he sat down, set his cane to lean against the wall next to him, closed his eyes, and let himself drift off to sleep for the third time that day.

Rocky looked down at the ground "...I didn't know it was that serious..." He looked back up at Matt with a cheerful look on his face "...I guess he's in somethin' worse than having to do packing duty huh?"

Despite his cheerful appearance, he couldn't help but feel worried about Edan's condition, and the fact that no one let him in on it *Why is it that I'm always left out of the loop about this kind of stuff...it's like I'm a risk of his keepin' his personal business secret...I hate it...*

He nods. "Much worse than packing duty..." he said with a slight smile. He continued packing the items and waited for Raph's response, chewing on his lip absent-mindedly, as he does while thinking out of habit.

((I forgot to put my thoughts in italics, he was thinking, not talking))

Edited.

Rocky continued to pack the equipment. Noticing that no one else was around, he decided that he would just go for it "Ok Matt, no one else is here, so I want to ask you somethin'...Why can't Edan's nervous system work properly?...look around the campsite before answerin' if you have to, I already know this is clearly a secret."

He did a quick look-around before leaning in and answering. "He's got some sort of parasitic infection. Can't be specific about what it is, don't know meself, but don't tell anyone I told you. Keep it to yourself, y'hear?" he replied.

Rocky looked at Matt like he was on something "Matt, who do you think I am? My family's secrets are one of the things that I keep quiet about above all else...My lips are sealed..."

He nods simply. "Glad to hear it. Just trying to make sure you were listening and wouldn't do something stupid is all. Better safe than sorry so they say, hmm?" he said with a chuckle. He winked at Raph. "Gotta save my own [censored] here as well as yours. Just tryin' to protect meself, know what I mean?"

Rocky smiled and nodded in agreement "Yep, I know all about that bro, I'll be careful about what I say from here on out...Don't wanna let slip about all of this now do we..." He looked at the site to find that it was halfway packed away by now "Jeeze, we'd better pick the rest of this stuff up before we get a lecture about "being a couple of slackers" Rocky went back to packing what was still laying around into their designated containers and bags, picking the pace up slightly.

It was only until a few minutes had passed that he finally realized something important, "Uhh...Matt...Where's Hound?..."

Matt paused, halfway bent over to pick something up as he heard Raph. "I don't know...wasn't he here like 15 minutes ago or something?" he asked, looking around curiously. "That bugger coulda gone anywhere by now."

Rocky shook his head, disagreeing with his older brother "No way is 15 minutes right bro, I hadn't seen him since last night...I hope he didn't run off, especially if it's because of me..."