Pushing himself further into Carlisle's grasp causes Glacius' unhealed injuries to protest anew, but he pays it little heed. This is requires his full attention; it's a development he's honestly not sure he'd ever see, and while he's always hoped that the clergyman may come to want to hold onto his life a bit more, this is... not the manner he'd have wanted to see that happen.

"I feel anguish too; this is natural, faced with the thought of endings, especially of something we hold so dear. But do you know what else I feel, Calrilse? I feel joy. Joy and thankfulness for the time we have been allowed together. It is not fair that we must ultimately be taken from one another, but we cannot become greedy for days; all we can do is cherish whatever time we can make together," Glacius replies, sighing and nuzzling briefly against his partner before lowering his eyes. "I... I didn't mean for this relationship to become another point of anguish for you. I just wanted it to bring you peace and happiness in the time that you have, and wanted to do whatever I could to... give you more of that. I will miss you dearly, but I would rather know that pain than to have never gotten to know you like this at all."