[The cool, smooth feeling of her hand doesn't come as much of a surprise to Souji - he's realized already that she's not human. Too kind to be a kappa, but maybe some other water spirit, wandering a bit far from their lake. If so, lying to her would not be in his best interests. Such beings tended to dislike that sort of thing.

There's a long silence before he speaks, though. He'd been somewhat idly kicking his legs against the edge of the porch - slowly that comes to a stop as well.]

I'm dying. I have another two years, maybe. If I'm lucky.