Norton stood there, blinking, looking down past his hand as Alyssa knelt down before him. After everything she said, he was left speechless. Thalya brought him out of his reverie, but the young paladin quickly crouched low and brought his arms around the captain, lifting her up off the ground, "Please, please, rise."<br/><br/>"You're making me nervous." He said, smiling with uncertainty at her, "I promise you we'll find your sister before all is done." Then, leaving her embrace, the young man looked to his aunt with a blush on his cheeks, "It's.. it's not that." He said, "Uh-"<br/><br/>As the paladin stammered, Al'Rhayel interrupted them both, caught one by one unawares by all who spoke, "It's fine. We're done now." He didn't know what to think of the druid. Thalya trusted her implicitly, and her kind served Lux in their own way... she was no doubt a powerful ally, yet the woman was so...<em> cold.</em>So distant. At times he was uncomfortable around her, and other things he wanted to say or do something to make her feel more welcome among them.