Stavanger Bay What I know tomorrow, I'm learnin' today

"i need to — go away. for a bit. and i n-need to know she'll be all right if i do."
there.
something eased in his chest. lestan sought to settle himself, steady his head. "i d-don't w-want to leave her, in any capacity. b-but i think if i s-suggest it, she will spiral. she thinks i'm going to leave her, i know she does." voice firming as he hurried on.
"i — there was a fever i suffered, and — i want to go back to that place, to remember."
half-made, disjointed; lestan did not expect bridget to parse all of what he had said.