When he lifted her, she closed her eyes for a moment and pressed her face against his chest, then gave a weak smile at his words. "I...I think I've died enough times for...one life." She coughed again, then opened her eyes and gave him a second smile, a little stronger this time.
Wrapping her arms around his neck, she shifted closer, not caring that she was naked and wet from the bath, but she needed the comfort of someone alive holding her. "Th-thanks for showing up when you...did." Closing her eyes again, she rested her head against his shoulder even as the tears forming in her eyes started to fall.