[Wing isn't either. Not in your cure, or your place in his life.]

[but cute and sweet even so!]

You can Drift. I want you to.

[He has to grin. Because it really is endearing.]

Manage? [He hesitates, beyond tempted.] Are you sure? [The question begs more than just handling the plague.]

[And thinking about how close he'd come to losing Drift after finding him again, wasn't something Wing wanted to consider. A reminder about how swiftly things can be taken from us.]