"The only place I'm going is to your apartment to part some things... and maybe dig through all your private stuff. You're not going to lose me! And..."

He moved the cables back to where they had been resting so the blanket could be straightened and tucked up around his cousin's chin.

"I'm not going to lose you either. We'll deal with the heart trouble first and work out the whole 'memory' thing on an 'as needed' bases."