He turned his head slowly toward her. Ellie. His heart clenched as he focused on her face, the hand that had been raised to try and relieve himself of the oxygen tubes instead moving toward her. Ellie. He saw her before him, older. Laughing at some dumb thing or another he had said. He both did and didn't recognize where they were. It was the strangest thing, like his dreams.
Sora's fingers gently touched her cheek. "Ellie." His voice was thick, rough from lack of use.