Mel smiled, shaking his hand.  "It's nice to meet you, William.  I wish it was under better circumstances, though."  She took the alcohol from the kit and poured it sparingly over the gash in her arm.  She dabbed it with some gauze, hoping the cut was clean enough.  She couldn't bring herself to stitch it, so she used the butterfly stitches to hold it closed instead, hoping it wouldn't get infected.