It turned out that the girl's name was Takiko and that she was indeed in the need of help. After the introduction, she put her knife back to a sheath, much to Ryan's relief. Despite the initial surprise, she didn't look too fazed by his sudden appearance, as she has already turned back to the patient, asking the boy to hold the flashlight while she stiches the man back together, which he quickly accepted. A short break followed, aftwe which she asked if he can handle blood. And that was exactly the question he wanted to avoid.
[i]Damn Ryan, now you've got yourself into trouble...[/i] he thought. He suddenly felt worthless - there's someone here fighting for the life of a fellow survivor and he is getting sick from the sight of blood?! Taking a bleeding and seemingly heavy man up the basement stairs and then somewhere else? That sounded like a nightmare to him.

He made a decision - it was time to man up. Hard times, he needed to be hardened as well. Silently gulping one, he said:
[i]"Yeah...surely. Just tell me when you've finished."[/i] and he kept the flashlight over the wound Takiko seemingly planned to close. It looked kind of severe, leaving it open would be very, very dangerous for the patient. Precisely, it could cause infection or inflammation as the girl explained to him. He planned on asking more about the nature of the wound and other things as she looked very knowledgeable about the topic, but he saw that she was really concentrating and he didn't want to interrupt.