Sometimes... Sometimes we have to burnt ourselves out to start anew. Sometimes that's all we can do. Of course we worried, but we understood. I understood.

[However brief these things are supposed to be to appropriate, he doesn't really care. He leans his head against Prior's and runs his thumb in soothing circles against his back, tuning out anything but how nice it feels to have another human so close. How grateful he is that he's still here.]

I think you're very brave, Prior.