Yo, seen your brother around?

"Speech"

It was almost more painful to hear someone else laying it out but he nodded stiffly as Artorias asked Malachai about his brother's sudden disappearance. But it hurt even more to admit what he was about to: "He's been... Distant for a while but we never expected this." He hated admitting it, was certain that Artorias would see the thing Malachai feared... That he was the cause. He wasn't surprised when Artorias confirmed what Malachai had already figured out on his own he sighed deeply, nodding slowly. He didn't have any reason to doubt the blue man, he just didn't really have any hope. Where else would Grimshaw have gone? Was there anywhere else he'd even disappear too? His mind flashed to all the times he'd spent worrying about the man, fretting over him incident after incident and some anger bubbled in him then, he'd given up his entire life to follow Grimshaw... And not even a goodbye.

Artorias' offer hung in the air for a moment as Malachai considered it, it was true that he didn't like the blue man but even he could not deny the sense in his words. But he needed to get this anger, this resentment out. "I will take you up on your offer but I'd like some time alone first. I have a lot to think about, a lot to work through." In the only way he really knew how, he knew enough to know there was one place to do exactly that on Auster.