[He takes the offered towel gratefully, also appreciative that Pell is being practical and considerate about this. Now that the immediate threat is handled he's getting a bit more stressed out about the whole situation.]

I don't think medical tape will work. The lines are made primarily of metal.

[Very flexible, fine metal with some other components, but basically Pell's right that medical tape won't adhere well. As far as cleaning up the thirium, Connor's doing his best to wipe some of it off the surface and out of the inside of his arm, but it's definitely not the easiest stuff to manage.]

If there's nothing that can be done here, then calling Alphys might be helpful. But I'd like to try to figure out something else.

[Both for his and Alphys' sake; he doesn't want to cause her any more stress then necessary either. Meanwhile, for himself, talking is making this a little less upsetting and so he keeps doing it.]

I have a limited ability to self-repair, but the line would have to be held together correctly for several minutes.