Thank you... for having me still.

[ he lifts a hand, bandaged and kind of just. wipes at his eyes a little bit. ]

What happened afterwards with Malik... I am glad that you're still alive. [ he's trying not to think about how perhaps, if he were dead, it wouldn't have happened. he's trying to find ways to silently blame himself after all of the whispering. his shoulders slump. ] I don't know what I would have done if you had...

[ he shakes his head. ]