"I knew you would." That Charles could stay afloat in all of this spoke to the quality of his control. Jack touched him for only as long as he needed to, and once he felt Charles swallow and cease shaking, he let his hands drop and straightened up again.

"So. Garden or aquarium? I'm really pushing for the aquarium. It's pretty neat."

Yep. Charles just had a break down and Jack was spouting about a life threatening ride being neat.