"Yeah, well, we already know my self-preservation instinct is a little shaky," Chase says. Even though he's already said he's aiming to not die, now, if he can't joke about it, what even can he do with it? "If that's selfish, than I probably am, too. I miss my parents. But I'd miss you, too."

He pauses, just a breath, then just blurts out , "Come back with me. The house is big enough. I can make up something to tell my parents, about you, to make them let you stay. My long-lost sister from my birth mom or something."