Kyle couldn't be sure whether his nausea was a residual effect from the intense heat combined with the exertion of the challenge, his body's natural reaction to the unsettling pain in his arm, or something else entirely. He only knew that, once he stepped through the doorway and back into the stands, it seemed to increase tenfold. Well... that, and he knew that he had no intentions of succumbing to it.

"Accio Water," he rasped, mirroring his actions in the first challenge and not particularly caring where, or who, the bottle of water came from. Catching it somewhat clumsily in the hand that already held his wand (and the rune, though he sacrificed that and let it fall to the ground instead), Kyle took a moment to assess his surroundings.

Everyone was out. Brent and Levi both had crowds growing around them - friends and admirers. Valerie did, too, but differed in that she was unconscious (made sense... she and the heat were not a good mix) and had the healer kneeling beside her. Kyle had no desire to join any one of these groups just yet, preferring to settle his stomach before he tried to talk to anyone - luckily, he didn't think it likely that his own crowd would form. He took up an empty seat in the stands, and held the bottle of water between his knees for a moment. Naturally, he felt concern for Valerie, but she was being seen to and there was nothing Kyle could provide for her that wasn't already being dealt with; he would only add to the crowd that she probably wanted like a hole in the head, and only get in the way. Even if he went over there, he knew he'd only end up hovering near her in silence.

"Ferula," Kyle muttered, pointing his wand at his arm, conjuring up a splint and bandage for his arm just in case it was broken, as it was feeling more and more likely. There, that felt better already. He'd need to see a healer eventually, but the Hogwarts one was busy, and Kyle preferred to wait and seek out the Ilvermorny healer later instead anyway.

After stowing his wand away again, Kyle uncapped the bottle of water, raised it to his lips and started taking slow, steady sips.

He felt completely wiped out, totally fatigued. That was to be expected, but what surprised Kyle most was that he was in much better spirits than he usually was at the end of these challenges. The Runespoor had started to frustrate him towards the end, what with its resistance to almost everything, but now that everything was over Kyle felt... fine. Physical pain and exhaustion and feeling half-dead aside.

As he started to get his bearings, Kyle got a better look at those in the stands around him. There were a lot of Brent and Levi supporters, naturally. Kyle expected nothing less while from the host school. What was surprising was the sight of many Ilvermorny students... still cheering for the Ilvermorny champions - even Aurora Chae was up there, apparently cheering for him.

It made sense, in a way. Of course it did. He and Valerie, while neither popular nor particularly well liked, were the last two Ilvermorny students left in the competition. But... well... Kyle had fully expected members of his school to pick the Hogwarts champion they liked best themselves (Levi seemed particularly popular, not to mention capable, and most people knew Brent from back when he had attended Ilvermorny). This, though? Unexpected, but not unwelcome, even when Kyle reminded himself that it was more likely they were rooting for their school, rather than for him personally. That was fine too. He raised his bottle of water to the Ilvermorny supporters out in the stands, in silent acknowledgement.

Jesús and Lachlan, though... their presence made more sense; no doubt they were rooting more for Valerie, being closer to her, but Kyle was fairly certain he was included in their intended support too. If it weren't for the general chaos in the stands and the whole fainting Valerie thing, Kyle would have headed their way and lingered near them until the scores were announced. As it was, he stayed sat in his seat and let everyone else deal with everyone else, watching the highlights on the screens for some clue as to how the challenge had gone for the rest of the competitors.