"I'll be right back," Meredith says, as gentle and serious as she can be. "Fast as I can, I promise." She reaches out to pet Bailey again, giving Clementine a smile. She doesn't want the girl to worry anymore than she has to. Getting to her feet, she hurries away, glancing back over her shoulder as she goes.

It isn't far at all to the drug store, and, in the middle of the day with most people still at work, the lines are short. It doesn't take very long for her to assemble gauze bandages, rubbing alcohol, tweezers, and other things she'll need, most of them located near to each other, and she returns to the park as quick as she can. "Hey," she says, trying to catch her breath as she sinks back to the ground. "How are you two holding up?"