Ed looked over sharply when he heard the call from Utena, heading over to her from where he'd been checking the room at the very end of the hallway. "Yeah, that sounds like him!" he said, trying and failing to hide his hope that it really was Hughes. He didn't want to think that he could really be gone but he didn't want to build himself up to believing only to have that hope dashed.

But when he peered in, he couldn't help but grin. "That's him! It really is! He isn't gone!" He almost sagged in relief, leaning against the doorframe and staring at the sleeping man. He was there!