For a few seconds she seemed to look somewhere else as Michael mentioned writing together with somebody else, but that could be simply a sign of thinking or gathering some strength...? He could feel the spasmodic little moves of her legs as she prepared herself to speak - even those limbs strained as her lips parted, she was literally talking with her full body, there was not a single cell that wasn't there in her communication, seemingly. But when it happened, it was surprisingly short, even from Alliana Stewart.<br/>And that kind "Cool" was quickly followed by the arrival of Francis, their evening cut into two by that: they stopped being those who gently teased and pleased each other, even through the distance her condition and his many lonely years created, and continued to be doctor and patient, simply a landlord and his protege...