Daniel chewed on his bottom lip for a moment before speaking softly.

"Wednesday is the anniversary of my first ascension," he began, "and I am having a little more trouble dealing with it this year because it's the same date that, a year ago, things started getting really bad for me again. It's also...." he trailed off, not wanting to bring up anything bad for his husband, not wanting Methos to feel badly... but it was also the anniversary of the day in which Methos had left him in Morocco...