Susan nodded. "Definitely. I have no intention of even spending one minute being sick."
She didn't realise she was chewing on her lip once her tears started to subside. She could cry later, when this had finally sunk in. "It was all too quick, and then we were here, and then Anthony was saying she'd gone." It surely hadn't even been an hour since she had brought her here.
This was different to battle - this sort of death just seemed meaningless. "I'd rather just stay here with you." She sounded timid as she sighed. "But they need me back at work.