His apartment was silent, but sleep was not coming to Illya despite having a purring cat on either side of him. His glass of vodka was empty, but he had no desire to refill it. He felt ... numb. Not from the alcohol though. His one glass had been his only glass.

Closing his eyes, he decided it had to be from his talk with Napoleon. The comment Napoleon had made about taking the burden off of his Aunt Amy. While that sounded considerate, the phrasing meant that, despite his aunt's advanced age, Napoleon fully expected she would outlive him.