[I]Upon hearing the knock, Kyle excused himself from Basil's side and opened the door. He smiled upon seeing Jace, automatically moving to give him space to come inside. "He's awake today--and he remembered that you were supposed to come, too. He's been looking forward to it." He sighed, closing the door before he came a bit closer to Jace and whispered, "He's...there's little more that we can do to prolong the inevitable, Jace. I've...I've accepted this. I just wanted you to know, so that we can both prepare. I'm the only biological family that he has left and you're his closest friend, so I thought that, only if you'd like, of course, that we could prepare together." [/i]