_{[Once she has that on, he winds an arm beneath her shoulders to support her and starts slowly walking, heading in the direction of the clinic and watching the road in order to keep her from stepping on anything painful.]}

Awfully discourteous of the Malnosso to send you back like this, especially with the weather as it is. Practically speaking, I would think they'd want to keep their test subjects in better health. You can't really get useful data when you start off with someone so wounded.

_{[Well, he supposes, it does depend on what kind of data they're looking for. But he's talking in generalities.]}