[ Out? Can he even make it up those stairs? Does he even want to try? He's convinced this is a dream, but ...

He's silent a moment. Then, with a groan of pain, he manages to flop onto his non-injured side. He doesn't dare flop onto his stomach because that will certainly drive his sternum into his heart but - if he stays like this, he can just barely crawl along the floor towards the basement exit. ]