He can still sense Misa and that is reassuring. But the girl is too stubborn for her own good, and he can't trust her to do the smart thing and run, leave him behind if things start to go badly. He's not sure he can trust Luke to do it either, not with him alive.

And he wants to pull on Luke a little, have him lean closer but there isn't really time. "In the ways that matter, you have." Because it's important to Luke know that. The cracks in him started appearing years ago, when he claimed a slave child for his rather than leave her there. But it was Luke who shattered those cracks, and he can't pretend otherwise.

"Do it. Quickly." Given he has so gasp for air between words, he's...not going to be talking much now. On his ship but not here.