[As she moves to the bed, he wheels himself as close as he can get, wishing he was able to sit beside her for this... but alas, all he can do from here is reach out and -- at the very least -- hold her hand. If his words hadn't been enough to allude to the fact that he was about to tell her something terrible, his body language would probably give it away.]

...I'm sorry. I was lying before, when I said I didn't know what this is. I've actually known for awhile now, or at least I've suspected it... but when I last went to the clinic, I had it confirmed. [By some miracle, he's managing to keep his voice steady as he speaks, but his hands are cold and shaking.]

[He can't bring himself to look her in the eyes as he speaks. He doesn't think he'd be able to say what needs to be said if he did.]

The last time the malnosso kidnapped me, they did something to me that caused the fonons in my body to become contaminated with miasma. It's similar to what happened to Tear back on Auldrant... only in my case, even without miasma in the village, I'm still getting worse. The medication I'm taking taking should slow it down, but... there's no cure.