[ She finds it really hard to ignore him in pain, which - actually that's already proved to be a problem today, it was incredibly distracting earlier (and hadn't that been the point, it's what people like that do, you get people who matter to each other and then you apply pressure on them both until one of them snaps under it because just make it stop, not for yourself but for the other person, you can't watch that anymore the way you can take the damage to yourself) and she has to hit the brakes for a light she almost didn't notice. Okay. Less concentrating on him, more on the road. On him once they're both safe. ]

It looks like there's a mall just up ahead. Saturday, right, it should be pretty busy. We'll get something from the food court and find somewhere with a good view to wait.