[Well, okay, that means she's not totally unprepared for what he's going to tell her...just mostly. Could be better, could be worse.

He nods to acknowledge her words, and hesitates a moment or so more before responding.]

I've been ill for several years. Careful management of my condition can help extend life expectancy, but the year we spent on the island took things completely out of my hands.

[And no one is more upset about that than Thane. Forgetting the state his lungs are in, for a man possessing perfect memory recall, to have the events of an entire year smeared and blurred beyond recounting is an extremely uncomfortable sensation.]

My lungs are failing. The technology here is is sufficient to increase my comfort, but it will not extend my life.