[Why is he being treated like he's in trouble??? He did what he should do when he had an injury. A shake of his head.]

Because- [He pauses before sighing.] I didn't want someone I wasn't familiar with behind me. [He quickly moves from that particular statement as quickly as possible. The paranoia and distrust of others that still settled under his skin even as March becomes more and more of the past.] I made sure it wasn't infected and I dressed it regularly. I wasn't neglecting it.

[A shake of his head.] It wasn't a vampire.