Re: [Bathos]
Max had been expecting a cellphone, preferably one with a camera and a good zoom. Her surprise showed on her face, but only for a moment. She looked at him then, and she did a secondary assessment in her mind. He looked scared, with the huge eyes, and intelligent and trusting. No danger, she determined, even with the self-proclaimed gun. It was probably an unregistered firearm he kept to feel safe.
That out of the way, she shook her head. "That will only get you in trouble." She nodded toward the officer closest to the stretchers. "Distract him, and that will be a start." If she couldn't get a picture of the girls, she could at least get close enough for names.