Michael was caught off guard when he cried out, and tried to catch him when he crumbled - but he wasn't fast enough and Valen hit the ground, hard, screaming what he assumed to be obscenities.
He covered his eyes with his hand - figuring that the ambulance's lights were the problem - before lifting him carefully, and as tenderly as he could and helping the paramedics put him on the soft, padded stretcher in the ambulance.
As the boy had no family, Michael got in behind him, brushing his floppy, unkempt hair from his eyes as the paramedics rushed around, taking his vitals and trying to figure out what it was that had him in such a state.