She barely registered the feeling of his hand in her own, her mind too focused on everythiing that was hitting her in that moment. So many emotions rushing at her at once and she couldn't really make any sense of it. They were too jumbled, too tangled, all running together into a wave of emotions that crashed over her. "I don't know if I can..." she said, her voice strained by the pain that started in her head and spread like wildfire across the rest of her body.
Suddenly, the pain changed. First it was like fire, but now it was like a million knoves slicing across her body. Why did it hurt so much? She couldn't think about the reasons, though, she couldn't really think about anything. She took in a shaky breath, trying to focus on something else besides the pain, but what was there at this point?
Merlin. He was here. She could focus on him. She squeezed his hand in her own, reminding herself that she was not here alone, there was someone there with her, for her. "Talk," she said suddenly. "I don't care what you say....just words...I neeed something else to focus on."