[ Rau's stretching childishly makes Gil want to wrap all his limbs around him and keep him here even longer, but he's perfectly aware of how juvenile that would be. Death or no death, he still has a bit of dignity as an adult man left.

With a final soft brush against Rau's cheek, he finally gets his hand out of his hair, too. ]

Nothing, no. I remember the door opening, so I suppose I must have been in the hall but... It felt like such a matter of course that I should enter here and meet you, I didn't even look around.

How long had you been waiting? Did you perceive such time at all?