If he had any presence of mind he might warn her about all of the blood, to keep her hands away, but that doesn't seem important right now. It's so far from the realm of importance it's almost funny that he even thinks it. Her hands touch his and for a moment he thinks she's trying to help him stem the wound but then he looks at her and sees her expression.
People have looked at Nate likes he's crazy before, but never like this.
He's been told he's insane when he's agreed to do some job, been told he's crazy for getting himself into the things he does. Elena is in a permanent state of shaking her head and telling him he's an idiot, Sully always gets this look like he should know better than to let Nate go but he does it anyway. Chloe used to laugh in his face, but no one has ever looked at him like this, like they're genuinely scared he's losing his damn mind.
"He's dying, Beth," he says anyway, pleading. He needs her to get help, even if he can't grasp why she doesn't seem to feel any urgency about it. "He's died on me before I can't have it happen again."
That in and of itself is probably an odd enough trigger - people don't die twice, not in Nate's experience, but this city has a way of fucking with things. Beth had died back home, apparently, but she's alive here, and maybe Sam's been transported before his death, too. It seems cruelly unfair to bring him here just to let him die again. "Please. Help me."
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People have looked at Nate likes he's crazy before, but never like this.
He's been told he's insane when he's agreed to do some job, been told he's crazy for getting himself into the things he does. Elena is in a permanent state of shaking her head and telling him he's an idiot, Sully always gets this look like he should know better than to let Nate go but he does it anyway. Chloe used to laugh in his face, but no one has ever looked at him like this, like they're genuinely scared he's losing his damn mind.
"He's dying, Beth," he says anyway, pleading. He needs her to get help, even if he can't grasp why she doesn't seem to feel any urgency about it. "He's died on me before I can't have it happen again."
That in and of itself is probably an odd enough trigger - people don't die twice, not in Nate's experience, but this city has a way of fucking with things. Beth had died back home, apparently, but she's alive here, and maybe Sam's been transported before his death, too. It seems cruelly unfair to bring him here just to let him die again. "Please. Help me."