"I love it when you talk Aussie at me," he managed to joke through the pain and the fear. It was hardly appropriate and he sort of regretted making a joke. Jamie focused on moving.
Az had not been fully abandoned because in no time, he had returned to her, moving to be at her back although that meant literally climbing over her. At least he remembered to say, "Excuse me." It was an automatic reaction really. How in the Hell had he remembered manners in a death situation?
He focused on keeping himself a little more curled towards the electrical line, relieving some of the strain on his stomach. He didn't want to be the reason his belly ripped open and spilled his guts. Literally. Not that it would happen because muscles were stronger than that but it was an image in his head that he could not get out. "Are you alright," he asked the woman.