"'m not leaving him," she answers instantly-- and if there's a hint of protectiveness that's tinged with something other than just the sense of friendship, it's not something she actually notices herself, yet.

"'nless you-- want to watch him 'nd have me get the doctor."

Either way, they'll want to do it soon. Elliot's pulse is existent, still, and the light touch even garners the smallest of restless shifts from the young man, but it's so clearly a losing battle.