Waiting game

Though he'd wondered how she was doing, he knew the answer wouldn't sit well with him. Her abandonment had stung quite a bit but with all things it faded in intensity over time, and while he had a feeling he wouldn't have agreed with the intensity of her punishment, somehow he knew it had still been necessary - a necessary evil, that was a thing, wasn't it? He clenched his jaw hard as he neared her and called out, begging his vision to focus properly as entered his vision. There she was, familiar and comforting even though the markings around her eyes and forehead blurred into a smooth shade of grey. He headed over her way, trying to ignore the limp in her step, at least as best as he could for now. "Are you.. settling back in okay?" Veigar asked tentatively, knowing he might not like the answer.