Theodore“Please stop it,” I laugh, but Gilda continues to pull at my pillow, tucking me in. “They are just keeping me here because it is due diligence, not because there is something wrong with me.” The words fail her while she still scurries around me, sniffing as she keeps suppressing her sobs. “I’m an immortal now,” I state, finally getting her to stop and look at me. She tears up when I point towards my mark peaking from under my collar. “I have a mark now. You don’t have to worry about me.” I grin at her proudly, and she shakes her head, raising her gaze to the ceiling. “I was so scared.” “I appreciate your worrying about me, but you don’t have to be scared anymore. It’s alright now. I’m doing great.” “You will be an old man soon, too,” she wails theatrically, making me crack up. “Just like you guys. This is going to be fun.” I snuggle deeper in my hospital bed, smiling at her. She sniffs a few more times, letting herself fall into the armchair next to my bed. “Who knows
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