Kaneda, quiet on arrival, immediately began to help with the barricade. He nods silently at the greetings of the other two students, red congealed droplets falling from his hair as he does so. Even as they push the last pieces of the barricade in place, he hears the voice from the other side... "Please... Don't leave me..." Realizing it's another survivor, he begins recklessly pulling pieces of the barricade's bottom away to provide a hole for her to crawl through.<br/><br/>Reaching through the crawlspace towards the female student stuck on the stairwell, "<strong>Give me your hand!</strong>" are the first words he has spoken since leaving the chess clubs room. Grasping her wrist to offset the slickness of her blood wet skin, he begins to pull her through, as the undead mass on the stairwell due to increased noise.