Sam held the fishing pole, probably not as tightly as he should be, and waited to see if Audrey would answer his question.  He was patient, and he would have understood if she chose not to answer, but she did. By the sound of it, he assuming the position of leader had come completely by accident. She just happened to be saddled with babysitting a few kids and scouting out when no one else could. That resulted in her eventually being responsible for holding down the fort and making the calls for a growing family.<br/><br/>As he listened he just looked at her, his expression not overly sympathetic, but his eyes emoting that he was attentive and keying in to something deeper. She just seemed so tense, all the time. The musician could see tears pricking her as as Audrey did he best to hold them back. He understood it was hard to show vulnerability, especially with the situation they lived in. Not mentioning it for now he wondered to himself if she would ever let them fall. When she made her joke Sam laughed a bit, though he knew it was a cover so she could let out some of the pent up feels she was probably bottling up.<br/><br/>"Sounds like you have a heavy weight on your shoulders. Lucky for you, you have a lot of people who can help you out with that." He answered with a smile. Sam watched as a few stray tears dripped down her face before she quickly wiped them away. He had a feeling that was the first time she had talked that much about herself in quite a while.<br/><br/>"Don't worry I won't tell."