"No, Helena, I need you to keep your eyes open." He told her firmly, doing his best to move faster. "I need to know that you're still here alright, and I can't do that if you are sleeping. There could be a million things wrong and I'm going to do my best not to mess anything else up, so long as you keep your eyes open." He was speaking fast and panicked, in words and phrases that might not entirely make sense.
"You'll be okay, we're almost to a place you can nap, just keep talking, alright, Helena?" He tried to think of something that might keep her talking. "How are things between you and Fred?"