You don't have more than a few steps left today.

[She promises, and glances over her shoulder at him, lets him know;]

You have to manage it, Curtis, because I'm not leaving you and I doubt I can carry you. [So she isn't above soft threats, while they go.] That means I'll drag you down every step and you'll end up black and blue.

[And yes, she knows he doesn't mean this last walk, she knows it goes deeper than this- but one foot in front of the other.]