*Oh he's surviving, if only that right now. The closer Erik gets, the more it shows that Charles is awake right now out of sheer force of will. There are heavy circles under his eyes, and while he has at least made an effort to keep clean, his hair is unkempt and his clothes are far more rumpled than he normally keeps them.

Letting out another aggravated breath, Charles gather up the journals in front of him and stands, intending to take them to the kitchen in order to read somewhere he has easy access to caffeine.*