He signed in return, the exact same ones he'd given to Lexi when he first saw her. Then after a moment he continued, as if unable to stop himself from it.

"I'm afraid of everything. Of the hospital, of the machines, of the machines staying, of the surgery, of going to sleep... I feel like I'm little again, scared of going out a tunnel just into a room. Everything is like that all over again, but way more intense."