Sam interwove his fingers with Alexis'. "I can promise I'll try. I might not always do the best job at it but I'll give it a shot. I've been taking care of other people for so long, I don't think I'm that great at being the one taken care of. I guess that's one regard Sparky and I are pretty similar. He doesn't do it easily either. I hate seeing my family in pain and knowing there's no way I can stop it. This time, it feels so much harder because I know what they'll have to go through hearing the news because I've been there." He had a lot on his mind, far more than he could work out with just some deep rumination. "I'd like that, if you could take me to visit them. If there's any chance they're up there watching over me, I'd like to ask them a really big favour to give it all they've got. Is this an heirloom? I don't think I've ever seen you take it off? Are rubies a favourite?" He ran his thumb over the gold ruby ring Alexis wore on her left hand.