Nobody talks to him before noon.

Okay no he'll definitely walk up to a nurse to ask about his mother before that.

"Do you need anything, honey?"

"Yes. My mom was shot yesterday and I was told she was recovering but I haven't gotten any news since—"

"Oh, you're-I don't know if- I'll go get the doctor." 

And in a couple of minutes, here she comes with the doctor, who she leaves to handle things.

He looks at Kaede and inhales sharply.

"We didn't think we should tell you until we were sure. She's- your mother is alive, she's stable. Her condition won't get worse." 

"That is not reassuring at all."

"I'm afraid there's only so much reassuring I can do. Her situation isn't likely to change for some time. She's- she'll be unconscious for a good while. A coma."

"But why—she was getting better—"

"It's fascinating, really. She seems quite healthy, unusually so for her age. Her vital signs suggest she's merely asleep, not comatose, yet she's completely non-responsive. I expect she'll make for an interesting case study."

"...is that seriously the best thing you could come up with to say to me right now."

"I am sorry," he says sincerely, if distractedly. 

"You're welcome to see her, but we might not find a solution soon." 

"Yes, please."

So the doctor takes him to a nurse, who leads him to his mother's new room.

"Mom?"

She is unresponsive.

He looks at the nurse. "Can I be alone with her?"

"Of course. Take all the time you need." 

The nurse clears out, and shuts the door behind her.

He'll just sit there, miserably, for a while.

Nobody disturbs him for the first hour, but a nurse comes in eventually to adjust one of the tubes.

Of course.

When she's gone he texts Stiles: How's everything?

We're doing okay. Do you want me there?

There's a long delay. Then:

Maybe. I don't know. My mom is in a coma for some reason and not getting better and I haven't mustered the energy to go look for that Scott guy and figure it out.

Are you up to using the key? 

Yeah.

So he does, key, Room, door, station—