[Keeps his hand where it is, listening as he speaks even though it hurts, even though he frowns through each word in trying to grasp it all with him.]
[.....]
You said you... ["I died." The words absolutely kill him to remember and he looks, sounds miserable going back to it, pushing out with a breath.] After you disappeared, how would that--
[How could he have warned them? Did he really...?]