The girl pulled the car over to the gas station's remains. She hesitated a bit about going in, not wanting to leave her patient alone. Ryan was already taking his rifle into hand once again, ready to go should she decide to stay. However, to the surprise of him, she actually asked him to stay back and watch over the injured and she will be the one to check it out. Ryan, despite slighty disappointed, didn't want to start an argument in the current situation, so he just nodded one and let her get on the way. He made sure to keep an eye on her anyways, should the - surely alarmed - creatures attack again. However, as he promised, most of his attention went towards the guy next to him. He looked pale from the blood loss. He needed to make sure he stayed conscious.
[i]"Are you all right?"[/i] he broke the longstanding silence between them.