Tyki stared at him for a long moment, more sadness than anything else in his face. "When was the last time you slept a full night, Zechs?" he asked flatly, but his voice was rising. "When was the last time you ate a proper meal? And it doesn't count if Saguru forced it down your throat! It has only been two weeks, and you lost more weight than I did in two months!"

He gathered his energy, and pulled himself away from Zechs, forcing his body to carry him to his feet when all he wanted to do was collapse and sleep for a week in the arms of his lover. Zechs needed this, he now realized. "I do not know how many ways I can say this," he said, and walked slowly towards the place where the door to the Ark had been. "If you would like so much to do this to yourself, I will not watch."