The only change that Nicky showed when he was touched was a slight shift in his shallow breathing pattern. His body was starting to shut down, not able to keep going much longer with how much damage it had sustained. It really was a surprise he WASN’T dead, with how much blood he had lost already, and the size of the pool of blood that was soaking into the shingles. Had he been human, he would have been dead.<br/><br/>Something needed to be done, and quickly, if he was going to be saved. The longer it took, the more the spark of his life faded.<br/><br/>Close up, it was easier to tell just how bad he had had it. What little was left of his clothes were turn up and dirty, either soaked with fresh or dried blood, or just caked with dirt.