Q. [ There’s admonishment in his tone. ] You’re helping by making sure you don’t die on us. Don’t be silly.

We need you. And you have to take care of yourself.

[ There’s a pause as he takes a drink. ]

I know that sounds cheap coming from someone like me, but that goes for all of us.

[ It’s why he hasn’t actually given up yet, really. Well, that, and he has some weird luck that’s been preventing him from dying anyway. ]