[ you're an authority figure ]

You're a doctor, aren't you? And if-- if it's.

[ his throat closes, he can't even say it out loud. ]

I can't risk exposing a meta-human. Please. There's only so much field treatment I can give him, and I can't take him to a hospital, I can't let strangers take him and I can't follow him in there, I can't. [ he sucks in a hard breath, furious and humiliated. ] With hospitals.