“You need urgent medical attention.”
“No hospitals, they have to report gunshot wounds. to the cops.”
“I know a guy, he’s a veterinarian.”
“Okay, that could work.”
“He’ll put you to sleep.”
“Wait, what–?”
Author’s note: This idea feels so obvious I can’t believe I’m the first to have thought of it. I suspect I may have read it somewhere else and forgotten the source.