R.I.P

A few days ago one of my two male kitties, Sethos, decided to stop eating dry food, and had been noticeably losing weight, which is not good when he's already pretty thin.  After a visit to the vet we found out that his kidneys had shut down, and he was dying.  I brought him home for a few hours so that the family and his brother could say goodbye.  ARM decided that he wanted to be there with Sethos at the end, so when Kim got home everyone except Kimber made Sethos's final trek to the Vet.  Sethos spent his last half hour to 45 minutes cuddled up and being petted on ARM's lap and had almost fallen asleep when the Vet came in with the shot.  He barely stirred as the injection was administered.  I think he had made his peace with it and was ready to go.
He was so much fun to have around, and he patiently put up with ARM every night, guarding my overly anxious boy while he slept.  His brother is going to have a hard time adjusting to not having him around.  He will be missed.