Snippet #2559691

Valentine forced himself to his feet with a grunt, checking around them; at the very least, they were alone here, and from what he could see, were unseen. He pinged Ghost with his radio to signal that they were clear, and a second later, another anti-tank rocket streamed towards the bridge they'd stood on - now high in the distance. Fragments of rubble crashed onto rooftops across the street from them; they wind had carried them some distance horizontally with the parachute.

Well, at the very least, they'd bought themselves a few hours of panic in the Sky District. The de Argentums would be up in arms about this, but even then, when they went to ground, they'd be safe. From here, his first priority was to find somewhere to eat, some medical supplies to treat her, and then explain the situation to her. Assuming all went as intended, he could then bring her to Cocytus.

"Can you walk?" he asked, offering her his left hand and pulling his gun with his right - while ambidextrous, as was considered a requirement for Human-PLUS candidacy, he was more practiced in shooting with his right.

A glance indicated a few things to him. The first was that her arm was definitely broken - he could see the jutting bend in her elbow joint. With luck, the joint damage would prove minimal; Sky District medical technology was more than enough to preserve her, if worst came to worst. He saw little blood on the kimono, which meant that at the very least, she wasn't suffering from blood loss. The fact that she wasn't overwhelmed by pain meant that she probably didn't have any serious internal bleeding, either.

For his part, he was fine; his ankle hurt more than it should've, maybe sprained, but nothing that wouldn't sort itself out in due course. His priority, for now, was to take care of her - and get themselves some food. He found himself momentarily reaching for a cigarette, but stopped himself. It would make a bad impression.

He took off his coat, shrugging it off his shoulders and holding it with his free hand. "Put this on. Kimono's too conspicuous down here. Need to keep a low profile."