"I'll check carefully, then." Especially with someone with dark hair. Talcott won't feel it, but if he listens, there's the sound of hair being adjusted as Asch looks, and if pain is still functional there might be some jolt when his fingers brush the tender spot. "Not bleeding. Probably going to swell some, but I think you'll be fine."

And, again, that careful I'm making noise so you're not startled when I appear in your peripheral set of noisy footsteps as he comes back into view.