"I never meant to claim I didn't understand."

He had. He does. But that hadn't stopped him from resenting her. From resenting being left alone, bereft of anyone he might have called a friend. Still, he notices the way the she shudders, pulling in on herself - an action that could easily be an aftereffect of her injuries, though he has a suspicion it's more than simply that.

"And I meant only that I live. This is no dream."