He stops, and absolutely beams at her. He makes a motion to take her hands in his, though the motion gives her the option to pull away if she's uncomfortable with the contact.

"Fever, love... I can only say it would have been wonderful for you to have known me as I am earlier in your life? The way we talk, the things we talk about... I think that, even in the darkest parts of ourselves, the parts most saturated in suffering, we are better off for having known one another as we known one another now."