She stayed quiet as he paced around the fire, her eyes flickering back and forth from his anxious figure, to the burning knife and then back again. She understood his distress, she was on edge as well, she just hid it. She was aware of the presence of the plague, there had been rumors whenever someone would fall ill, but Thomas was the first she’d seen firsthand. She felt sick to her stomach at the thought of him dying from this, seemingly purposeful, disease. She’d known him her entire life and there he lay, so young, his life being ripped away from him.<br/><br/>She still stayed quiet as he ran a hand down his face, taking his words in. The way he spoke sent chills through her body, apparently the notion that this was caused, and not accidental, had crossed his mind  numerous times before. It concerned her, the way he was working himself up, and she almost decided to reach out and halt him. But, that wouldn’t be the best idea, right now he needed to spew his thoughts, whether or not they made sense. She got to thinking herself. Gregor was never a trusting or trustworthy Strider, yet the town followed him blindly because of his title and vow of protection. Is it possible that those with the skulls across their wrists we all interconnected? That they each took on a town with the hopes of inevitably burning it to the ground? Her thoughts were ripped away when he paused next to her, the stress practically radiating off his body.<br/><br/>This was where her urge to comfort people usually kicked in, and this time was no different. Seeing the way he shifted, his tense posture, she reached out and placed a hand on his back, ignoring the way the sweat made the fabric cling to his back. “Hey, let’s just take a deep breath. We will figure this out, I promise you that, but worrying about it isn’t going to help.” Her voice was soft, concerned. She trailed her hand from his shoulder to his midback a couple of times before dropping it back to her side. “Why don’t we go inside and sit down. I’ll grab paper and we can each calmly put the pieces together that we already have, and we can draw some possible conclusions from there. Yeah? We can figure this out it’s just going to take some time.”