Thalia swept up beside the child, sitting on the step next to them and gingerly touching their arm. "What's up sweetie, are you hurt?" She asked, lifting the boy's chin so he was looking her in the eye. His face was red from all the crying. "My arm hurts!" He sniffed, raising it so she could see. A bullet had grazed it, tearing all the skin off to reveal pink flesh underneath; it had already got dirty so Thalia produced some anti-septic wipes. "This might sting a little okay?" She asked in her most reassuring tone. The little boy nodded bravely, his face crinkled up in anticipation. Thalia deftly cleaned the wound while he struggled to fight back the tears. "There we are, all done. Do you want a sticker?" Thalia asked sweetly, quickly bandaging the boy's arm. His sad eyes immediately perked up, he nodded furiously. 

"Okay. Which would you like?" The doctor asked, producing a tattered sticker card with lots of different cartoon animals on them. "What are they?" the boy asked curiously, looking intently at the different ones. "This one's an elephant, that's a gazelle and i think that one's a lion." Thalia explained, drawing on knowledge from the books her dad had kept lying around. "That one! He's funny!" The boy giggled, pointing to the elephant, who was riding a unicycle. Thalia unpeeled it and gently stuck it to the boy's lapel before giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Go find safety, i'll come check on you later." The boy nodded, retreating back inside. Thalia stood up again and looked at the man who had been helping her. "Where to now?"