Zech smiled at the man who'd come in.
"Allen. Good think you got here in time. Half a second later and I'd be missing my head"
"Don't mention it. We should get your leg looked at."
"Alright. Make sure the girl isn't hurt either. I tried throwing her out of the way, but she may have been shot or, or maybe I threw her too hard..."
Allen's face turned to a scowl
"That's the problem with you. Once you're out of a sticky situation your heart of stone melts to jelly. It'll get you killed one day"
Zech gave him a half hearted smile, and his vision blurred again. 
"Maybe... one day... Not today."
The last thing he saw before his eyes shut was one of the men putting his gun down and walking up to the bird girl.