He held her a little tighter, not really thinking of what that might be doing to her burn. "I...don't know," he admitted into her hair, breathing deeply the scent of it. He didn't know...and he didn't know how to know without...knowing.

"If you think it's something like that, I could...go get a test?" He heard the words coming out of his mouth, but it did nothing for the growing pit in his stomach.