It looked like that fit had well died down, and even though that made him relax, he couldn't know if she was actually better. And he couldn't know that her condition wouldn't worsen if they dropped it. Even if all of this was just a false alarm or a reaction to the car exhaust that he could still (barely) smell, it would be careless to just pretend none of this happened.

"It's not that far," he told her. "Let's go together. I could use some medicine anyway..."