Swift gladly took both the offered hand and the offered cuddle, but opted to keep his eyes closed for now. Everything hurt and the light in the room was only making it worse. As long as he didn't have to move, though, he was happy. Which really said quite a bit about how badly he was feeling.

At least he wasn't dying. That was a relief. Although he might have expected that response from Seel. It was the truth, certainly, but it was still too easy to pick out Seel's biases in that. He smiled a little and almost laughed except he wasn't going to agitate anything if he could help it.

"It's stupid and I don't like it." Understatement. And also incredibly obvious. "How long does it usually last?"