[Ion laughs gently and shakes his head. His smile stays, but there's a hint of something sad--or maybe not quite sad but distressed--behind his eyes.]

Oh, no, not at all. I wish I have...but so many things have happened. I'm afraid I feel much the same as I did when you first arrived. But now that you're back...

[Well, he had something to fight for again. That was reason enough to start dragging himself out of bed and putting on a hopeful face. It wasn't much, but maybe it could help. If not the other residents, than Anise, at least.]