There would always be more to do, more to try and stick around for though this was a lost battle now, there was nothing they could do but accept their fate as they were now. Weak body fought to cling to these last few concious and living moments with his mate. There was so much left to live for and yet now he knew there was little he could say and even little fight left within him. They had clung on for these final moments, constantly delaying them though death indeed was catching up. It was most certainly time.
"Nor I you" He murmured in response, his weary mismatched eyes no longer able to remain open. "Thank you." For a wonderful life, one he'd never dreamed could be his before her. There was talk of finding your better half and he certainly had discovered it in Novel, she had completed him and there was surely no better way he could have lived his life. "I love you Novel." Countless times they had uttered those words to each other, and now they would be his final words.