Gilded Bay always had high, high hopes

No fangs come gnashing in her direction, and she works to clean him as unconsciousness takes him.  She checks his pulse, and reminisces on herself.  A few months ago, she would not have been confident treating him.

Even now she is not so sure.  But she knows if he dies, it is because he is beyond help and not because of her inadequacy.  

She is determined to wait by his site until he wakes or until he dies, whichever comes first.