Rin-niichan? Been a while since anyone had called him that, but he wasn't about to bring it up right then. Not when he could barely think straight.

"Y-yeah... that's--"

A coughing fit overtook him, and only seconds after he had hauled Ratchet to his feet he dropped to his own knees, holding hands to his chest as he tried to fight the coughing back.

"C-crap..." he groaned. "Can't--... we're almost there..."