Paul couldn't hear the locked transmission between Cain and Alexis, but he can see Alexis scrambling and that jerks him back to attention, even though he'd been wanting to just turn the tablet off and lie down for a week or so.

Quick button mash for a reply.

"Alexis-- no, you-- stay wherever you are," he says through a grimace. "I appreciate the fucking sentiment,"(apparently Paul stops self-censoring when injured) "--but the best thing you can do for me right now is stay put, okay? I'll be alright, not the first time I've been banged up on the job."

Paul hazards what he hopes is a 'reassuring' smile at the tablet and the young woman on the other end of it. Reassuring really isn't his strong suit. How are you supposed to do that? Tell them it'll be alright? Oh yeah. There's vampires, but it's gonna be peachy, kid.

"....shouldn't you be telling me vampires don't exist, little budding miss science?"