He is definitely dead. The other Surskit is not him. I guess I didn't make it that clear, I just didn't want the death to be shown because I think this is rated PG or something. So no graphic stuff. Also what you did isn't bad, you should always respond based on how your character would normally try to react, even if it leads you a way you don't wanna go(but usually there are multiple ways that a typical person would react to a situation anyways, so as long as it's anything believable). Your character seems to be a caring person, so she tried to think of some solution to the problem.