[It's a good thing he doesn't look at those glowing eyes, because when Carlisle speaks, they are upon Atem once more.]

I would prefer you didn't.

[His voice is calm, resolute, but there is apprehension there, deep down. He cannot ever fully deny it.]

She was kind to offer, but why trouble her further for a dying man? Though I fear it, as anyone might fear the end of their existence, I accepted it was an inevitability long ago... even if others have not.

[It's not just Atem, apparently.]