Goodnight Moon and Goodnight You

He could hear the disbelief. The shock in her voice. And although he wished so badly that he could go back in time and start over, he couldn't. Otherwise he would have in a heartbeat. "Be..cause...i was afraid...that you hated me...for leaving you...on your own for so..long." He closed his eyes, brows furrowing as he whined. "I searched for...years...Ashe...ever since I learned that...you disappeared..." His focus was dissipating. He could feel the numbness beginning to gradually take his body. "I never stopped...searching. I'm...sorry it took me so...long..." He winced, a sharp pain piercing his lungs. A violent cough took hold, sending his body into violent spasms until the coughing subsided. Blood trickled from his mouth, staining his muzzle and the ground. "I...am sorry...I couldn't find you...sooner..."