Last time I had to do an emergency blood transfusion out of a hospital, I had tubing from the plane crash and a sea urchin needle. This was actually a step up.

[He's absolutely not kidding, that is a thing he had to do.

(And Boone had died anyway, and he still hates that it happened.)]

You're welcome. [One corner of his mouth ticks up in a sort of wry smile.] Were you expecting me to just let you bleed out?