There were only a few moments where he stood alone before Alannah took his hand. He considered the grand difference of this, how just one person significantly changed his mood with just her presence. She mentioned taking a rest, but Dimitri could tell that she wanted to see that clearing. He gave her a quick peck on the forehead before considering if he could fit his truck between some trees. Maybe they'd be able to sleep in the bed of the truck, in the clearing. That would be peaceful, Dimitri thought. Even still, her question about what it was like home, it had him thinking.<br/><br/>He considered the gravity of the situation. What if his mother was hurt? He didn't know this suit guy, but the suit guy clearly knew him. What if they were both heading back to his parents? There were so many questions. And then, suddenly, none of them mattered. If that really was his mother in Boston, there was nothing he could do from where he was, and he looked for her a good bit while they were still in town. And if the suit man was really heading for Dimitri's parents? Dimitri let the weight be lifted off of him, perhaps Alannah's hand was responsible for that, it cheered him up immensely. His worries were warded off by the fact that his dad had a lot more experience with this kind of stuff than Dimitri did. Dimitri could only assume that his dad had spent his entire life carrying out these sorts of things. He'd be just fine. And he'd protect his wife too.<br/><br/>"It gets real quiet, sometimes. Occasionally the horses just won't stop, and the birds sing, the hens are at it. But, once evening hits, it gets dead silent. Like it is right now, only imagine this section of trees being gone. And there's a barn. And a pen for the horses and hens. And our house of course, and the little sheds in the back. And the fields of crops." Dimitri reminisced. He couldn't wait to have a night like he used to, he wondered how Alannah would deal with it. It was tough for him, when he started spending the nights on her couch, there were always feint noises outside. Would she have the opposite of this effect, he wondered? "I think we can fit the truck into the clearing if we drive it just through those trees." Dimitri pointed, though it was gonna be a tight fit.