She released a shaky breath, her eyes closing shut at the sound of his voice. He was alive, and nothing, not any of her conflicting feelings, was better than that. "Keeping you breathing," she finally answered lightly. The stump was easy to ignore as her own right hand looked similar. Though, that it was that finger had her grateful to have moved the ring back to her wrist. There were enough rumors swirling already. "They refused to tell me how you were...I thought the worst."