She watched him sit down, and turned her eyes back to Marcelo. She wasn't sure what to say to Luiz, if it was indeed appropriate for her to say anything at all. She took a deep breath. The silent tension needed to be broken, somehow.

"I don't know if you had a chance to speak with the doctors. Their prognosis is actually quite good. He should be out of the hospital in between one and two weeks. And working again in a month or so."

And then it was back to watching over Marcelo.