"Shh, I won't be long." Despite his current suffering, she still wasn't one to be questioned. Though her admonishment was gentle.
She left him only for a short while, and when she returned there was a mug in her hand that steamed defiantly against her cold hands. She sat beside him and offered it up to him. She had made him tea with copious amounts of honey and milk. "Try to sip this. Be careful of the heat."