He curled his fingers around her on instinct, clearly concerned despite her reassurance. That whole process looked to be nothing but painful, and while watching it had to be substantially less torturous than actually doing it, he hadn't liked it much.

"Good," he said finally. "Backup will be here soon, and we'll get one of the medics to look at you and-"

And as though right on cue, the sound of helicopters could be heard in the distance.