[Erik nods; he doesn't say thank you again, doesn't give him more than a small smile. But he's made the gesture that needed to be made, and though he doubts he'll need anything, he trusts that David will be uncomfortably attentive.
He settles down in a chair by Charles' bedside, and waits.]
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He settles down in a chair by Charles' bedside, and waits.]