[He shakes his head, and wipes at his face.]

I - I know. He needs time. I even told him straight out if things between us needed to change, I understood. But he wasn't in any state to, uh, even think about how he feels about anything beyond just being here and alive, really. I've been letting him decide when he wants to talk, since.

[Another shuddering breath.] ...I didn't ask him what he wanted to be called.