He definitely wasn't up for talking until he'd reassured himself on his most basic, physical level that Alys and Sascha and Boreal were all alive and unharmed. And even then he lightly resisted letting go for a few extra seconds as he buried his face in Alys's hair and felt Sascha's little heartbeat pattering between their chests and used that to try and overwrite the memories of the nightmare that had swallowed them whole.
"No. Yes. I'm not..." sure, he bit back, swallowing hard and finally letting himself believe that they were free of the darkness. He relaxed his arms as Alys stepped back, and Boreal stepped in as soon as Sascha was lowered to begin washing the little bear with her tongue, reassuring them both. Hands framed his face, gentle but cold, and he reached up to cover them with his own as he swallowed hard against the surge of memory he did not want to face just yet. "Thought you were, too," he said, voice gruff and shaking still with emotion. "Thought we all were--" He shut his mouth and swallowed again, feeling his heart only now beginning to slow from its racing.
"I don't... know. But those flowers... I called on Frey an' the breeze is blowin' those flowers down an' th'smell away, so maybe... somethin' about 'em?"
"No. Yes. I'm not..." sure, he bit back, swallowing hard and finally letting himself believe that they were free of the darkness. He relaxed his arms as Alys stepped back, and Boreal stepped in as soon as Sascha was lowered to begin washing the little bear with her tongue, reassuring them both. Hands framed his face, gentle but cold, and he reached up to cover them with his own as he swallowed hard against the surge of memory he did not want to face just yet. "Thought you were, too," he said, voice gruff and shaking still with emotion. "Thought we all were--" He shut his mouth and swallowed again, feeling his heart only now beginning to slow from its racing.
"I don't... know. But those flowers... I called on Frey an' the breeze is blowin' those flowers down an' th'smell away, so maybe... somethin' about 'em?"
