Smoke watches Duke go, quite surprised at how he had acted: a one-time enemy of the Black Circle passing up a chance to fuck up Shane 's day. But instead walking off at the slightest hint of beer and booze. Smoke probably would have said that, if Duke hadn't disappeared by the time it crossed his mind.

Smoke shakes his head, and bends over .

Now where were we?

Smoke slaps over the back of the head, not quite remembering that the codger is actually awake now.

Er, right, let's get moving then.

Smoke picks up Shane and begins to hurry down the hallway once again, leaving to do what he was trying to do in the first place, hoping Shane wouldn't recover before he could.