Cassius hadn't realized he had used past tense. I am accepting death too quickly? I mean this is just temporary. Maybe Vanyel wouldn't want him anymore, so many thoughts ran through his head. He clung to Vanyel like a lost child as he carried him to see the doctor.

The doctor opened the door when he heard Vanyel call him. The older man stood in the door in a black bathrobe, looking at the two men. "What is it Master Vanyel."

((I actually didn't mean to use past tense, but, hey, it worked!))