[Even if they were only the ghosts of their hearts given form, what followed was real.
Henry squeezes her hand back just as tightly.]
...For those brief days you seemed truly happy. I was happy.
[And maybe that is why he was so desperate to ignore his physical deterioration and all the portents of doom. Alice's warning and attempt to intervene. The truth Pell's innocent question posed to Iamarl brought to light.
None of it mattered next to Iamarl's company; the joy of having her beside him again.]
no subject
It was.
[Even if they were only the ghosts of their hearts given form, what followed was real.
Henry squeezes her hand back just as tightly.]
...For those brief days you seemed truly happy. I was happy.
[And maybe that is why he was so desperate to ignore his physical deterioration and all the portents of doom. Alice's warning and attempt to intervene. The truth Pell's innocent question posed to Iamarl brought to light.
None of it mattered next to Iamarl's company; the joy of having her beside him again.]