“Well, I forbid you to die,” I told him. “I should not like that at all, you know. I have grown far too accustomed to you to do without you. But I do not think you should have to do without me. So I think we should make a pact. Neither of us is permitted to die without the other. What do you think?” He wrapped his arms more tightly around me. “I promise. If I am ever near death, I vow to take you with me.”
