Rhodri recoiled, moving himself out of the path of the heat wave a mere second after it collided with his garbed shoulder. There was no damage whatsoever, but the sudden jolt of pain was utterly unexpected. It stung at him, the lance of heat stimulating the nerves at that point with surprising intensity. 

"Ouch," he bit out, frantically grabbing at his shoulder. "Ow ow ow."

The pain though, disappeared almost immediately. Which allowed the Briton to return his attentions to the more important matter; the emotionally turbulent kid before him. The comment about Rayon's mother had obviously struck a nerve, and at this moment he wanted nothing but to find the kid's mum and shout at her for even daring to hurt this cute little guy. But ... He couldn't do anything. 

And the kid was hurt.

"Hey ..." he spoke up softly, "you okay?"