Hernando did his best to keep the shirt pressed against the wounds but the fall jostled him. He scrambled, shaking the forest smut off of it before crushing it against Kaidan's chest with both hands this time.

He saw what Kanan was trying to do, block the view, so he added what measure he could. Working himself in a straddle over Kaidan's knees, he pushed the shirt harder against the bleeding.

"Kaidan, don't look at that. It's not real. I promise, it's not real. You're in a forest. Kaidan, please look away."

Kaidan didn't look away. He wasn't even blinking, staring at the horror show playing out again.

Licking his lips, Hernando took two quick breaths to steady himself. Kaidan had known he might be in a bad state when he came back from Coruscant. He'd told him how to deal with it. Hernando wasn't sure if this was the right time but.. if there were any right time..

"'Sometimes all you need to know about a man comes down to how he answers just four words'.." Hernando took another breath and stared right into Kaidan's eyes.

"Kaidan, I need your help."

He wasn't prepared for his friend to burst into blue fire, for the eyes in front of him to turn from brown to an electric, icy blue.