Dilan's eyes stayed fastened on her, wincing but not closing all the way, as the doctor carefully went about stitching together things from the inside out. It was...excruciating. For everyone involved.

Someone else came in to scrub Aya down to minimize infection possibility from her being in the room during it all.

Once it was done the doctor said, "We'll take him up to a room now. Will you tell his, er, parents?"