Eliot shook his head -- and immediately regretted it. The movement, not the refusal. His ears were still ringing hard enough to make it sound like Kathy was at the bottom of a well, but he got the gist of what she was saying easily enough.

"Ain't wastin' our one healer on a concussion. We still gotta get to the Observatory and the portal."

And once they did that and everyone was safe, Eliot would take a large handful of painkillers and get into a tub full of ice. See? He had a system.