[Tieria came and sat down with him. He worked quickly and efficiently on making sure things were cleaned properly before finding some small butterfly adhesive sutures to temporarily hold the wound closed until they could get to the hospital. He paused in the bandaging just long enough to look up at Neil's comment.]
It would have been better if I had been there sooner. [He quickly dropped his gaze again, focusing on making sure the thicker bandage was secure before wrapping some gauze to keep it in place.]