[Fortunately, Leia barges in on Jude often enough to know how hard he's working on the whole Noctaere issue. She doesn't really get most of it, but knows enough that he's made some pretty good headway in the short time he's been here. Which is unsurprising, this is Jude after all. And when Jude is focused on something, that's all he thinks about. Like a dog with a bone?

Sort of.

Yes, she's comparing her childhood friend to a dog.

At the mention of wounds, however, her eyes widen slightly and she blinks at that- draining and burning sensation? From Noctaere wounds? Then she laughs sheepishly.]

Oh, uh, y-yeah, that would come in handy! No harm keeping it around just in case!

[Guess that explains how she feels at the moment. But it's manageable, and rather than bring attention to it, she's just going to quickly change the subject, her tone shifting to something softer and less frantic.]

Actually, there's something that I wanted to tell you...