"Through hell and back," you say? What was your first clue?

[As he goes to try and walk, though, he finds his balance is shot, and has to grab X'rhun's shoulder in an effort not to topple back over again, coughing a bit of the excess smoke from his lungs. As surly as he's acting about it, though, at least he's actually accepting the help.]

...Right. I can't die here. I have someone else whose future I have to think about, too.