Even though he had been the first to bring his phone out on instinct, the second the doctor leaped into action the message on his face, with increasing alarm, was clear: What are you doing? Stop doing that. His eyes were immediately scanning the ground for what he dropped, but everything blurred and spun again. He winced.

A moment of internal clarity. Do not die out here, you idiot. Whatever is happening, shut up and survive.

He sucked in a breath. "I hear you. Tell me."