Zouichi blinked, somewhat taken aback at Lash's sudden appearance. "I'll be fine, really. Once the drug wears off, I'll be able to fix myself."

Well. Somewhat. The point was that Lash should just leave him alone in a nice corner somewhere and he'd be totally fine. It didn't (yet) even occur to him to give Lash a little good-natured ribbing about actually caring about the well-being of other people.