"I--..." he was about to stop her, but it was too late. Instead, he simply smiled. Char hated feeling so helpless. "Thank you, Haman." It was probably a good thing he didn't know about this incident with Cello. He wouldn't have been very happy about it at all.

"No... no, I don't." He tried to reach out for her. "I just want you to stay with me, for now."