[He nods his head lightly, eyeing the bandage but not quite moving from his hesitant spot near the door.]

Would you mind if I take a look? I'm by no means as adept as Dr. Watson is, but... I do have experience in tending to scratches.

[He does at least want to see how light they are, and if they're clean (as clean as a scratch can be when you have nothing to properly clean it with save for whiskey). And it's something better to focus on than emotional trauma and betrayal, he guesses.]