[ Would he take the option if he knew it was there? Probably not. This is the strangest feeling he's ever experienced, and it's all he can do not to think too closely into it, because there's a depth of genuine existential fear there that it just wouldn't be productive to fall into.

He shrugs one shoulder, still looking at his hand for a moment before his eyes find Taako again, though they don't stay there long. Finally though, he allows himself to lean in just a little closer. Selfish. He's going to be gone, and he's going to have left this moment behind for Taako to carry with the others. More weight to join the extra almost visible on his shoulders. But right now, Kravitz isn't gone yet, he's still here, and he's... scared. ]

Just being here helps.

[ A sad smile, down at where their hands are joined, still. ]

If I was going to choose who spend this time with, I - well - I suppose you know that.

[ He exhales a breath of humorless laughter, and there's a certain vaguely strangled quality to his voice when he speaks again. For a man just this side of disconcertingly tall, he certainly looks smaller in this moment than he possibly ever has. ]

... I wanted to stay with you, you know. Here, like I said I would. I was ready to just...