Well, that was easy enough to parse.

"If he doesn't have legal rights, then you don't have to even see him." Brenda found lidocaine gel to get started with and pulled on a pair of gloves. "Biohazard. I like that." She'd have to share it with Liz; she'd approve.

She turned and pulled the stool over with her foot. "Hold out your hands, okay? This is going to numb them. Then I'll examine them better. So why is he bad enough to be called your biohazard?"

Really, she was just glad the hospital had lidocaine gel. It'd be hard to get even a smart, good kid to sit still for burns to be examined without them being numbed.