"Cinder, do you think you can persuade someone at the university to let us have a room for this man?" Rex placed her hand on the man's shoulder carefully. @Ookla the Abstract @Ookla the Resolute
"I believe so... You could run ahead and see if there can be a room of some sort prepared for him and some medical supplies I don't have on hand at the moment..."
Rex winced. She turned to Cinder. "We need to get him somewhere safe where I can examine him thoroughly. I think I can probably carry him, if you find a place to keep him for the time being..." @Ookla the Resolute
Rex handed him her canteen and the rag, motioning for him to cough into it. She crouched next to the man on the cobblestones.
"I. . . I don't know! I'll try my best."
Rex couldn't help gasping in shock. "Can I please help you? I won't hurt you! I swear!" She felt a tear welling in her eye at the sight of the suffering the man's body had gone through.
"Who did this to you? Can I help you?" She reached down slowly, pulling out her canteen of water and a clean rag, from the satchel by her side. She walked closer.