Real and actual belief in Niah's warnings, the kind that wasn't just out of his own care for her but from tangible facts, welled up inside of him when he could see the rising bile of panic in the people they passed. So word of mouth had spread, it seemed, and it was slowly becoming reality. They had lost another battle, one that none of the people here had even been privy to happening more than likely, and the Enemy was now free to march upon their town. Not even the small obstacle of a human army stood in their way. What could they possibly want with a place like this? Brom had lived here his entire life and still couldn't see the appeal of subjugating it.<br/><br/>All that didn't matter, though. He swung off his horse like an athlete dismounting the pole vault. "Yes m'lady." He replied to Niah, all in business mode for the time being. That was a necessity right then, because what he really wanted to do was be with her and try to comfort what she was surely feeling just then. Brom had very few things he needed to save from this town, but Niah had an entire family.<br/><br/>Brom went inside and began corralling the staff that were still present, none of which took very much convincing. They knew Brom Vivar, and they knew that he didn't act like this unless he had some serious orders. Most of them time he'd be helping them escape work, not bring more on them. But that's exactly what he did, with all the authority he possessed, which made him sound quite a lot like his gruff father. That didn't take long to whip them all into shape as they went to prepare every cart, carriage, and horse ready for the running. A few of them would probably slip off as soon as he took his eye off them, but it couldn't be helped. They had things to save, themselves.<br/><br/>With the staff mobilized, as it were, Brom went on to try and find the rest of the Holden family... he was thankful that Niah's father had brought Brom's own along on his business trip. The old man could take care of himself, of course, but that was still one less head to count. He hoped Niah was finding all of her relatives in short order...