[With more medical knowledge, Neji could offer a lot of information -- he sees, but he doesn't understand what he's seeing. It's infuriating, with a comrade's life on the line.

He waves off the silent apology. She did exactly what she needed to; stopping to acknowledge him would have meant a moment of delay in getting to Shikamaru, would mean a moment more of bloodloss and deterioration of his condition.]

They're deep, and they're very ragged. The bandages are helping -- Nara, you madman, that was brilliant -- and they should hold with that until we can get him to the clinic.