"I can't abandon him -" Chel once again went over the situation, only it was different this time. Every time she went over her feelings for Lexx or the events of the past day, they changed. "At the same time, I can't promise to always be there for him. He's so different, even now. I don't understand why he's suddenly so sad. Is it just around me? What has changed? I should ask. Even right now, he's laughing and that look is still in his eyes." She could feel his emotions over the relay. Joy. He was feeling happy right now. But, she saw something else in his eyes. The tilt of his eye lids was strange. "It's like,… he thinks he's going to die."
The look. Even though Chel could not feel it across the relay, she could see it. Despair and hopelessness were raging behind Lexx's jovial facade.
