"Checking me over how?" The question gets asked, and then Jingyi feels the connection, something unexpected and not quite like someone else's qi brushing up against his meridians. "Oh."

Just 'oh.' He gets it now.

"Is there some kind of backlash if we do?" Wanting clarification, to understand what would happen, even as he goes on to say, "I won't break connection, but I'm checking. Are you sending your energy in? Is that what is going to hurt, or just the healing?"

What sort of bracing does he need to be prepared for?