He stared at her for long enough that it was obvious he found the idea of relaxing ridiculous, but then closed his eyes and released the sand around his shoulders until he was slumping just a little more than he had been. Her voice and words should have been irritating, but her attention wasn't. If he killed her, she'd stop looking at him like that... so he wouldn't.

"It's fine if it hurts," he muttered, then jerked his head towards a door set into the near wall. "It's through there."