He'd felt it before the light had flickered, but he smiled to Lyra and held her close. It was suddenly harder to keep his human mask on but he wouldn't scare Lyra more then was needed. "This would be my parents."
He sounded tired because honestly,
those two
. He looked to Lyra, hoping to help. "I would never let anything hurt you. I can take us to Hypnos' if you like? And I'm sorry about this. I knew she wouldn't listen."