[ Kate allows his attention to stay on her, as much as she'd sort of rather talk about his issues that isn't actually why she's here. She doesn't seem especially concerned about the involvement of shears, shaking her head at the question. ] No. They don't bleed anymore. Which I assume is at least part of why they don't seem to be healing.

[ She holds her hands out for him, stilling the momentary fidgety jiggle of a knee. She speaks quickly, words just a little more clipped than is normal. She can't seem to settle on where she wants to be looking, eyes flicking from William to their feet and back. She makes herself watch what he's doing to her hands instead. ] It probably doesn't matter if you just pull them off. I don't think there's anything there that can be saved.