It was twenty minutes before Kymopoleia returned with a plastic bag of things, dropping them on the counter.
"You still with me?" she asked him as she opened the bottle of Everclear she'd found in a nearby liquor store. She walked over towards him and poured it on his back, not bothering to warn him that it was going to sting. Then she passed him the bottle. "Here. Drink some of this. It'll help."
Then from the bag she pulled out crumpled McDonalds bag and pulled a chair over in front of Briareos. "You need to eat something," she told him. "You've lost a lot of blood and I think eating helps. Don't drink too much of that alcohol," she added as she unwrapped a burger.