He had to give what she said some thought. Beyond deciding if it was a thing he wanted to do, he had to figure out what would be done if he went that way. How to mourn somebody who was not dead, but taken? How to mourn a vampire who shouldn't have died so soon after they'd been turned?
How to mourn a son?
Instead of answering any of this out loud, Eric held onto Baba tighter. In this moment, he wanted only her and his emotions. The latter of the two being a thing that would go unseen by all but his wife and his one remaining child.