"What I could spare to heal myself is maintaining the barrier." He replied, taking the wadded cloth, "Besides, I trust you not to harm me and as for barely knowing each other, I can do that practically in my sleep."<br/><br/>He stuck the wadded cloth in his mouth as he altered the barrier to nullify escaping sound. It proved to be more difficult than he had anticipated. He almost lost the strength to sustain it a few times. This was shown by the way the charge in the air seemed to lessen for a few moments. Kate would have to work fast if she didn't want to get caught with him.<br/><br/>He reached toward her, giving a gentle but firm squeeze to her wrist to let her know to proceed before stowing his arms under the pillow his head was laying on. He trusted her completely, thats why he allowed her to tend to him.