"Don't either of you bleed on anything here," Ellis calls, urgency translating somehow, possibly simply through the effort expended to make sure those words carry.

Is there a chance it's necessary? Yes.

Is there a risk they bring down something very nasty onto their heads? Also yes.

"If we have to feed blood into anything in this room, it should be me while you two stand up on the second landing," follows after, as Ellis draws up alongside Holden and Laura.