Just to be safe, Bill reached back and turned down the volume on his radio, just to make sure whatever was coming over it wouldn't be heard.

"Off duty? What is it that y'do?"

Gathering information was important, but so was just keeping her talking. Bill worked on both as he kept an eye out for the ambulance.

He didn't want to take a chance by pulling out the knife, so settled for pulling a bandana from his pocket and held it against the wound and knife to try and staunch some of the blood flow.