[There's no reason to feel guilty at her admission -- it isn't a surprise, and he isn't going out of his way to keep her from finding things out in particular, really! The more she pressed, though... It's a lot easier to think when she seems to allow the conversation to move on. This is a happier topic, for sure. Well... It had its own drawbacks, some regrets, but it was still more achievable than him not dying.]

Of course. That's what it's all been about. If I didn't have this illness, we probably could have gotten it by now -- all the doctors and treatments gave our savings a beating.

[...What he wants most... Yes. Yes, that's the real answer, no matter what wish had been used to make a contract with Vaeros.]