She assumes that he's being modest, that he's downplaying his medical skill and whatever it was that he did to stabilise her.

'Of course you knew what to do,' she says trustingly. 'I'm fortunate that you found me.' She still thinks there are people on the ship who would sooner finish the job than help her if they found her in that state.

She takes another sharp breath. 'I hate to ask this,' she says, 'but do you have anything for the pain?'