Sabriel guides him silently to the infirmary, urging him to settle down on one of the beds.

"I'm going to explain as much as I can, but there's still much I don't know. But before I do that- do you have any more injuries I need to deal with?"

The last thing she wants is to be so eager to give an explanation that she overlooks something important. He might not be dying, but that's... really all Sabriel's death-sense can tell her.

"And... we're relatively safe here. Nothing's going to attack you, and all of us- we're all here for the same reason."