"Thank you, Miss Forrester. Your concern is most kind. It's just that... I don't know what to do," he admitted.
It wasn't like him, coming out with personal failings like this, but Gabrielle was one of those people who made it feel all right to do so.
"He's never been strong, ever since he was a baby. The pregnancy was difficult on our mother; she recovered, but he never did. The Healers we had look at him could never say what was wrong, except that his constitution was poor. I've spent the past twenty-one years trying to ease his illnesses and find a cure for the underlying cause, but it seems every time I find something that may work, my progress gets dashed from my hands."