"... Hey, we've all gotta... Go sometime, right?" He coughed again, pain breaking through the numbness and making his whole buddy shudder, which make the pain worse. He could feel sweat breaking on his forehead.

"... Can you grab the - the chain around my neck? Figured it's - it's technically yours anyway, and I don't- don't want it getting lost with me, so..." He trailed off, trying to breathe, and then murmured a little more lowly:

"You can... Can give it to Rose, if you want... Or Rey, or whoever-- never did manage to figure that one out--"

All he'd known was that it wasn't him.