"Good to meet you, Gabriel." He notices the hesitation, but glosses over it with commendable diplomacy. It's not like he's being open about who and what he is, either.

Moving the girl to one of the cots is the work of only a moment or so. Several people are on them; two or three look to be in terrible shape and appear to simply have been drugged heavily to keep them from suffering too much. Mike's glance at them is punctuated with a wince; they're patients he can't save. Others, however, are resting peacefully and look like they'll pull through.

"We'll probably get another patient in a few minutes. It's been a pretty steady stream for a while, but it's getting lighter. People are starting to stay inside unless they're geared up for fighting these things."