He smiled lopsidedly at her spirit, but it's fleeting, and his gaze darted away again. He wasn't sure he could handle saying his next words to her while seeing her face.

"Donna... there's something I have to tell you..."

About her future. About things he's not supposed to tell her. He's broken rules before, but this was...

Something he could no longer keep to himself.

He wished more than ever that he told Jeeves.

"It's..." He chewed at his lip and looked around his room. "...Maybe you should sit down."