After an establishing shot of the hospital, Deb finishes complaining about Quinn's absence to Batista, who agrees with Deb that Quinn being forced to use leave days doesn't make any sense. Once again, however, the subject is dropped, this time because Deb catches sight of the kid's mother and freaks, as she's blaming herself for him getting his throat cut and assumes the mother will too. Batista manfully steps up to her, but any such chivalry is unnecessary, as it happens, because all the poor woman wants to do is give Deb a hug, apparently seeing her as her son's savior rather than the catalyst for him coming to harm. Deb manages a "De nada," but when she switches to English to say they'd like to ask her son some questions, the woman looks to Batista for translation, and even though it seems like a minor thing, given how big the plots are on this show, I'm rather enjoying this little "Deb is realizing she really should learn Spanish" seasonal subplot. They've paid enough quiet attention to it that I think it might really pay off one way or the other at some point. Anyway, once Batista presents their request in Spanish, the woman accedes...
...so we cut to the kid's room, wherein we can see that he's recovered quite nicely and can even speak normally despite the large bandage on his throat. Batista translates a question from Deb (does Quinn speak Spanish? I can't remember, but maybe Batista would have had to be here anyway) as to the identity of the man who "injured" him, and after "Andre" hesitates, his mother instructs him (my Spanish is super-rusty, but I still could understand this) to tell the officers what they need to know. Andre, however, doesn't even know the guy's name and really is unable at first to give them any information other than that he was really scared. However, after they've started to leave, he calls them back and tells them Fuentes had a mark on his hand -- a small tattoo. Ooh, did it say "If you can read this, I'm going to cut your throat"? It would explain a lot! Deb excitedly asks Andre to draw the design, and after another look to his mother, he gets to work...













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