"Don't mention it," Karen says, smiling down at him as the sound of sirens gets closer. "Just hold on, okay?" She doesn't need to have any kind of medical training to guess that he's not in good shape, and as strange and unnerving as all of this is, she's glad she found him when she did. A little longer, and she doesn't know if she would have made it in time, if she'd have been able to get him the help he needs. All she can do now is hope that she's right about this place and the hospital, that she'll be able to make good on her promise. That she doesn't know him has no bearing on her not wanting to let him down, and the last thing she'd want to do is lead anyone into danger.

And, God, she can't have anyone else get hurt, or worse, because of her. There's been too much of that already, and it's not something she wants to have had follow her to Darrow.