Jack settled back against the pillows he was leaning on, careful not to jostle Ianto too much, although he knew that he wouldn't be waking the other man up if he did shift a little underneath him. "So...John knew about this, then?" he asked. Ianto hadn't shared that information when he'd told Jack about it before in the kitchen, although Jack really hadn't been listening for any extra information on the topic either, really. "Well, that's something at least. That he had gone to someone else that might have been able to help him in this..."

He ran his hand through Ianto's hair again, sighing. "I know that you're going to do everything you can for him. Hell, I'll do anything I can too. Just say the word and I'll be there. But. This isn't something I can fix. I... I mean, I could try," he said, softly. "There's. There's this thing that I can do. Share my life energy with him. But...with this amulet business, and all, I...I'm afraid it might not have the right effect. I don't want to go messing with metaphysics like that, when there's something a bit more scientific that might be able to fix it..." He looked to Sulu, over the top of Ianto's head. "...you really believe in this Doctor McCoy of yours, then? That he'll be able to handle something like this, something that's probably never even existed in your universe, and probably never will."