"So you can't move on your own without someone helping you right now."
"Yes." Moon answered honestly.
"So you will stay here, on Earth.
"Yes."
"For the next few days, without any training or fighting..."
"Yes."
Moon watched her face for a reaction.
Selene had walked into the room ten minutes ago, worried sick, barely able to hold herself together. Alaric had brought her personally the moment Tom had confirmed Moon was awake and stable enough for visitors.
She had cried a little when she had first seen him. She had sat down beside the bed and taken his hand and pressed her forehead against his knuckles for a long moment without saying anything.
Moon had let her. He hadn't known what to say either.
That had been ten minutes ago.
Now something else was happening. For some odd reason, her face had brightened greatly.
Taking on a specific gleam that Moon didn't fully recognize but which every instinct in his body was warning him about.
