Eichi... I can't die yet. I need to be by your side for years. I thought I was dying, but I woke up just fine, so perhaps I was overreacting!

[He takes the hand that touches his chest in his own hand, holding it close before pressing his lips to Eichi's knuckles.]

I still have so many things to share with you. I believe we'll make it out, this time. The guards... some of them are on our side, I think. Not many, but the one who helped me escape, he knew more than he let on. We're almost to freedom, my dear, dear Eichi.