"Shit," he tsks, head bobbing in sympathy, hand half raising and then falling back down to fist at his side. Every impulse to comfort her was exactly the wrong thing to do right now and he didn't want to add the image of her screaming and scrambling away from him to his memory banks.

To help himself, he took a few steps back. Can't embrace her if she's not in arms reach.

"Give it some days. Mine.. Mine wore off.. Until I burned down the Town Hall. Now.." Now all he dreamed about was his houses going up with everyone he cared about in them.

"It's okay. Where did y'all go? I knew you were back yesterday but only cause I saw Jeff in the market place." He knew Jeff would take care of Athena. It let him let go of the worry he had. Jeff could handle anything.