The Third Breath, page 7 of 12

He was laughing before the coughing finished, which is a thing the saved do.

What would you give, said Dawn, still close enough to catch him, to breathe where I breathe?

Everything, obviously, said Pip, and sneezed, and laughed again.

Ready enough, she said, and he grinned, and took it for a verdict on the state of him.