desert to glass - octane

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Izuku couldn't say he'd exactly prepared for somebody to come barreling into him. He was used to keeping an eye on his immediate surroundings, and yes, maybe his ears had pricked when he heard ... something in the distance. No, he had ... not done anything about it. He comes to regret this decision very promptly. It's just sort of .. he looks up, someone's running, and Izuku -- panics. He doesn't move, just braces himself and makes himself small.
A pained yelp breaks from Izuku's maw as Octane effectively trips over him. It could, however,.. be better described as Izuku being kicked very hard, and he skids, trying to keep his brain from exploding into a panic at the rush of pain. The pain isn't wholly the fault of the crash, untreated wounds dragging over the soil, but it certainly adds to the mess. 30 mph is, after all, very fast, on top of Octane's legs being metal.
It takes him a moment to register Octane's words, less because of the pain and more because of the lingering panic that Izuku was, to dubious success, attempting to quash. The scraping of metal doesn't help, simply adding to the cacophony  of noise in Izuku's head. No, no, it wasn't on purpose, yes, Izuku's a little hurt. It's fine. It's fine.
"I - I'm sorry!" Izuku yelps, as he always does. It seems all of his recent interactions have started as such. Izuku, wailing. The kitten, with a trash of a bobbed tail, struggles to his paws and shifts his weight in a way that one, if paying attention, might recognize as testing. ... ... Izuku's probably fine. He thinks he's fine. Better not to worry about it.
"I, um --" Izuku breaks off from further apologies. There's no point, and -- and All Might isn't here to be affectionately chiding about it, but if Izuku can just --. He diverts. Izuku hasn't talked to anyone in a while, and if Octane is bothered, it's not like Izuku's gonna keep him. "H -- How fast was that, do you know? Why were you running?" His voice shakes, just slightly, but there's genuine curiosity to it.