"What did you want to tell us, doc?"

"I'm sorry. I only wish I could have good news for you all. Blaine is... He's been out for a long time. A lot longer than we would expect a hit and run collision to take. Now, we still don't know about his mental state. The likelihood is that, even if he does wake up, he won't remember a thing."

"What are you saying, doctor?"

"I'm saying the easiest thing you could do now is to let him go."

"...easiest? You... Myson, mylittle boy, he's the one in that room. He's the one you'recondemning! No. No, you can't do it! I won't allow it!"

"Robert..."

"Ourlittle boy, Kate..."

"Robert? Where are you going? Wait!"

"Mom?Dad! ... Doc, you really think Blaine's not strong enough to make it?"

"I don't know what Blaine is capable of, Mr Anderson."

"In 2008 he came out as gay. He was bullied and even our dad left. In 2009 he went to a school dance and got beaten up so badly that he was in hospital for weeks. Granted, he wasn't comatose for as long as he has been now. But he had broken ribs, a punctured lung, and a scar on his chest from a knife that one of the kids used on him. He never once gave up. Not once did he stop fighting. He pushed through and he made his recovery. Then he transferred to Dalton and met Kurt. Even if Blaine didn't have the strength in him for himself, he wouldn't leave Kurt behind. Blaine is strong enough. Don't youdaredoubt him again. See you, Burt."

"... Mr Hummel. You appear to be the only one of our gathering left."

"Can you blame them? ... Listen, tell me. Blaine's been out for, what, three months? What's the longest somebody has been in a coma for?"

"Edwarda O'Bara. From 1970 to 2012."

"...that's forty-two years..."

"Mr Hummel, she never woke up."

"...and of those who lived again?"

"Nineteen years. Two cases. Jan Grzebski. He died two years after waking up. And Terry Wallis. Awoke in 2003 but is amnestic. Gary Dockery was comatose for seven and a half years from 1988. When he woke up he recognised people and remembered memories of camping trips and the like. But after a few days he deteriorated again."

"And he died?"

"1997."

"...is there any hope for Blaine?"

"Mr Hummel, it's not impossible..."

"It's just highly unlikely."