She could feel the vibrations surging through him and was reminded of the faint tremor just before Kilauea spouted some of its fire down its slopes. She didn’t know what his fire was from, but it was very real. And he was very damp, which pulled a frown out of her lips. When she finally let go, she brushed her fingers across his brow, through the slick strands plastered there. The frown remained when she got a more up-close look at his lip.
And the sound of his voice is so small in her ears, something both terrified and trusting of her that makes her cringe inwardly. Whatever had happened, and she’s going to have to ask when she gets him settled, it’s bad. It’s really bad.
“Okay, so...we won’t take you home,” she says carefully, full haole for his benefit. She also murmurs some kind of apology for keeping one arm around his shoulders while the other and its attached hand pat him down delicately. When she finds her prize, she pulls out the keys and lets a sense of luck choose the right one for the door. “Let’s at least get you inside, and warmed up and then I’ll take a look at you. Luck, I always have my medkit with me. If you still don’t wanna go home after that, maybe...maybe you can come to mine. How’s that sound?”