[Oh, he can hear it and it breaks his heart. He wants to go to her, but he's absolutely certain he can't make it across town to her in his current state, and if he dies again, Fern will be apoplectic- and he's pretty sure Ruby wouldn't be thrilled either. ]
You did stop me. It was always going to end the way it did. I'm just grateful you got to me before I could actually kill anyone. Before I could kill you. Heck, I would have killed Jon if you hadn't shown up. You kept your promise there.
[It was... terrible what happened, but it's better than the alternative. ]
This whole month has been hard. [No avoiding that fact. He leans back on the headboard of his bed.] It's... just. Look, I have no place berating you for keeping secrets. Not after the Neo thing. [Though, damnit, if he had acted when he could, they wouldn't be having this conversation. ] I... I get it. I don't like it, but I get it.
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You did stop me. It was always going to end the way it did. I'm just grateful you got to me before I could actually kill anyone. Before I could kill you. Heck, I would have killed Jon if you hadn't shown up. You kept your promise there.
[It was... terrible what happened, but it's better than the alternative. ]
This whole month has been hard. [No avoiding that fact. He leans back on the headboard of his bed.] It's... just. Look, I have no place berating you for keeping secrets. Not after the Neo thing. [Though, damnit, if he had acted when he could, they wouldn't be having this conversation. ] I... I get it. I don't like it, but I get it.