The news Melody shared was positive — he had to remind himself of that as she spoke, because the wave of disappointment that he felt at hearing that his daughter had gone back to sleep was so acute it brought physical pain. She had been awake and alert and he'd entirely missed it?
"I'll stay until she wakes up again," he decided. Forget Jewell, forget Aldous, forget everything — he couldn't survive this with secondhand news about how his daughter was faring. He had to see her awake for himself before he could let himself really believe it.
"That's — that's good news," he continued, overwhelmed. "Right? That's exactly what we've been waiting for."
"I'll stay until she wakes up again," he decided. Forget Jewell, forget Aldous, forget everything — he couldn't survive this with secondhand news about how his daughter was faring. He had to see her awake for himself before he could let himself really believe it.
"That's — that's good news," he continued, overwhelmed. "Right? That's exactly what we've been waiting for."
MJ made this <3