"He's fine. He stopped coughing and went home." Erwin pauses for a moment to catch his breath, then continues. "Has he ever told you about a cadet named Marco? He apparently died at Trost."

This will all be relevant, he swears. Also, please notice and praise Erwin for taking care of the one of the kids!

Erwin finally drags himself to the cottage door, but he has to stop and cough up another wad of flower petals into the bushes beside the mailbox. At least he managed to do that before coming inside.

Then he shoves the door open and enters the cottage, bringing a gust of cold air in with him.

"I'm home!" he calls, and ends the phone connection.