Making fun of him being mad, are you! Alastor chuckled, summoning a pair of dainty scissors.

"Much easier to stay conscious and stitch up than it was when I was alive. A jug of whiskey helped."

He's been meticulous about it... but one can only go so far with a stubborn wound that wanted you dead SO BADLY. Alastor had been stubborn and refused to lay down for death.