He cannot wait, he cannot hold his breath a moment longer. He walks to her side and pulls her to kiss her mouth, like she were giving him oxygen, like the day he did it to save her life. Or the day he thought he saved her life, but it was nothing.

This City is strange, a day only lasting a few hours and not a month as he is accustomed to, and would he wish for a day-month here, an entire span of hours to spend with his wife, a long night to keep her warm. "I would find you even if you were across the sea, as I have before, and I will again."