Brevine nodded silently as she made her way out of the crowded room, greeting guardsmen here or there as they too seemed cheery in the warmth of the manor. She gave Feras a soft reassuring smile as he quirqed an ear at his brther when he was speaking to another guardsman. He was worried she knew.<br/><br/>Horen almost flinched as her touch and voice brought him out of his thoughts, unaware hed been sitting and staring into his mug for a time. His hot chocolate now merely lukewarm. He offered her a soft unsure smile and nod.<br/>"I... Suppose.... I am sorry... I was lost in thought..." he avoided the real reason of his brooding, still untrusting of voicing his feelings around so many people.