Lena felt like her heart had shattered. She reached out an arm to wrap around Jamie, for some kind of solidarity. "Oh, Jamie. What do you think?" she asked, knowing it had been important to Thomas that this was Jamie's decision.
Thomas clung to Jamie's hand, even as his muscles spasmed and his arms shook and moved. He tried to talk but his tongue got in the way so it came out wordless noise, though there was no way of knowing if the words would have meant anything, even if he had been able to say them.