Honos filled in the missing pieces of her stories every now and again, happy to talk for hours, because they probably wouldn't get another chance.
When Libera fell silent, he picked up the talking, and was in the middle of telling her all about when Aurelia was 17 and learning to drive, when he looked over and realized she was fast asleep. He got up quietly from his chair, and slipped outside, closing the door behind him.
He made his way back to the front desk, flagging down the same nurse as before. "Hello, we met briefly earlier. I'm Mary's niece's husband. We might be heading to our hotel soon, but if anything changes, anything at all, would you please call us?" He wrote down both his number and Libera's, and passed them to the nurse. "The time doesn't matter, just please let us know."
He went back to the room and took his seat again, laying his hand softly on Libera's shoulder. "Surely we can find you somewhere more comfortable to sleep," he murmured.