“Dad… Dad?” Cordelia saw Rowan rolling his eyes and then pursing his lips on the screen and was puzzled. She had no idea what was going on with him and called out a few times. “Dad, what are you thinking about?”
“Oh, n-nothing!” Rowan snapped out of it and chuckled. “Cordelia, you’ve got to wash his wound often if you want it to heal fast!”
“Huh?” Cordelia paused. She had been under the impression that wounds could not come into contact with water too often.
Zephyr, who was in bed, nearly huffed out a laugh from his disgruntled scowl.
“Of course.” Rowan cleared his throat. “You mustn’t use normal water.”
”Oh…”
“You have to use hydrogen peroxide!”
Cordelia listened carefully and jotted hydrogen peroxide on the paper.
Rowan continued. “Uh… Cordelia, hydrogen peroxide is an anti-inflammatory disinfectant. It’s very useful for washing wounds! Give him 100% in concentration, okay? Disinfect him nicely so that he heals faster when his wound’s taken care of! 100% concentration, remember— Ow!”
Before he finished, Xyla knocked his head.
Zephyr pushed closer to look at the screen.
Rowan hugged his head with puffed cheeks as he looked at Xyla and told her softly, “We’re on a video call… It’s a video call! Cordelia’s watching!”
“And you’re worried about her catching you?“ Xyla was exasperated. “Cordelia, don’t listen to him! Hydrogen peroxide disinfects, but you can’t use such a high concentration! If you use what he said on Zephyr, my son-in-law’s going to be in so much pain! That stings even more than alcohol!”
“Shh…” Rowan was flustered.
“Off you go!” Xyla gave him a push. “Cordelia, the Irwins have meds like this. I’ll send them over to you… Hmm, with the Irwins’ exclusive cargo plane. It’ll arrive tomorrow!”
“Okay!” Cordelia grinned. “Thanks, mom!”
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