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Blind Guy fell over in the middle of them escaping. Further he yelped like a frightened puppy.

Nathair sighed.

“Now you’re scaring the kids.” He murmured to no one in particular and went over to the Blind Guy. “Not planning on wandering off again, are you?”

Nathair crouched beside him, evaluating. No good them getting separated again he wasn’t about to chase after him again. Yeah, the Blind Guy was freaking out, he knew because that’s how Alessio behaved if someone looked at him too closely. Same starved look too.

“Hush, none of that now, shh,” He said in a soothing tone.

He’d only ever done this when Alessio was a little kid trying to hide panic attacks from his father who’d beat him for cowardice. The boy was a fantastic mimic with a vivid imagination, so Nathair had convinced him to create a persona to wear any time it started to get bad. Taught him to ask for help by subtly tugging his hood or fingering his wrists.

“You don’t have anything to be afraid of right now. Everything you’re scared of already happened, mm?” Nathair continued – yeah, very reassuring, he was an expert at being reassuring huh? – “There’s nothing to be scared of now that won’t have an end.”

Clunk!

That one guy with the axe started digging into the roof of the cave, and Nathair quickly noticed why.

“Good plan.” He noted and glanced at the Blind Guy who probably wouldn’t appreciate being told what was happening.

“Oh. Caleb’s breaking a hole in the roof.” Nathair told the Blind Guy – mostly just to see if he was grounded enough to give a snarky retort.

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