"I don't feel like I've been amazing.." Topher muttered under his breath. Too many people had died or ended up with serious injuries or, in the case of Ley Ley and Smith, disabled. It was the one thing Topher had never been any good at, not letting the deaths get to him. But this was worse, because he hadn't been dealing with total strangers.
He looked at her as she spoke, biting her lips and blushing as she realised what she had said. Despite his current mood, Topher's lips twitched into a small smile. "No, Mel. Of course... it's not... a bad thing." He took a deep breath to speak again but the air caught in his throat, instantly triggering a new coughing fit.