There's something very needy in the noise that Swann makes, at the idea of him leaving her alone, taking away all the warmth and kindness that he can seemingly only give freely in the early hours of the morning. She knows they'll both feel better by the evening -- or she will, at least. Jason's head, she assumes, will depend on how his day goes in the Tower.

But the thought of bearing it alone until he comes back, even if she's sleeping it off, makes her terribly unhappy. She has Marcel, but it's not the same at all.

Eta appears shortly with coffee and Swann's standard breakfast fare, yogurt and fruit and a muffin that looks sweet but is probably somehow deceptively healthy. The tray is left, and Swann raises her head a bit before the Avox can exist all the way.

"Eta, get a spare key, give it to Jason before he leaves, please."