On one level, Vlad was aware that people were talking to him. He saw Kane's face, and somewhere behind him was Luca; but then he was staring into that black water again, light ripples fading away to nothing.
He gave his head a fierce shake, and the pain helped him focus. "She... She fell down a well." Words felt thick and foreign on his tongue, and he practically spat them out. "Behind the curtain-- a tunnel, and a well. He followed me, but I had no intention of... then there was a splash. He went in after her, but when I looked there was nothing. Nothing, do you understand? It was not my fault, there was no time to even..." He stopped suddenly. What had he just said? Why was it so LOUD in here?
"She fell down a well," he repeated, his voice slightly stronger. "How, I do not know - but she has been unconscious for about... ten minutes? She has a pulse, but she needs a hospital."