"Car's a quarter mile away," Tom said efficiently, looking up at Neil from the ground. The world and most of the things in it had been blacked out by the roaring in his ears, high and thin and all encomassing. There was so much be worried about, to ask, to do, but that was all for later. Now, they just had to get out.

He stood, giving Neil a critical once over. "Can you walk? Can you run?"