"It's not your fault, Methos. Please... don't apologize. You didn't know. There was no way you could have known. And there's no way to say that it wouldn't have happened even if you'd still been around." he turned in Methos' embrace and pressed his face into the side of his lover's neck, just holding there for the moment, breathing in the scent he remembered and relaxing even a little more.

"All that matters to me is that you're here now..."