She was up instantly, running to his side to help hold him up. She couldn't stop the gasp of sheer shock that came out of her. For a moment, she believed him a hallucination, brought on by grief and tiredness and guilt. But she could touch him, he was solid and real and there.

"I don't know," it was the only answer she could give. "But you are. You're... you're here." A hand went up to touch his cheek, eyes just trying to take in everything they could.