[Harlan squeezes Michael's hand at the promise, but he doesn't try to talk again. He doubts anything coherent would come out, anyway. It's just a waiting game now.
Harlan doesn't have to wait long, though. He called it right about passing out soon. Fading is a slow process, not quite the flipping out the lights that he might have expected, but after a minute or two of listening to Michael breathing, he's gone.]
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Harlan doesn't have to wait long, though. He called it right about passing out soon. Fading is a slow process, not quite the flipping out the lights that he might have expected, but after a minute or two of listening to Michael breathing, he's gone.]