Come Softly, Come Swiftly

Tor was, while not on edge, not feeling quite his usual self. He was worried about his mother, about Regulus who seemed so beside himself over losing their home, about Zuriel. He was so worried about his father who needed to learn this new land and seemed so helpless. He was very worried about Baine, who had always seemed to him too carefree and reckless when it came to meeting new people.

When his mother called them together, he was quick to answer, appearing before them with a serious expression and tension carried across his young shoulders. He didn't say anything, didn't launch into any of the questions that he desperately wanted to know the answers to, didn't even sit. He just stood somberly nearby his family, his sharp blue gaze turning nearly constantly about the lands around them for danger. If something came, he would be beside his brother and mother to protect Baine and Zuriel and his father.