Verity nodded, but didn't continue the line of conversation. How did a Healer replace a father? Her husband. She didn't want to snap at Theo, knowing he was already very stressed, and she knew she wouldn't have done much else.
"Okay," she said, taking a deep breath and trying to tap into the wards. Her first attempt was a failure in general and she found herself frustrated. For some reason she felt the need to step back a bit, get away from Theo so that she could focus her energy solely on the house.
Once she had done that she was able to feel out the wards, and after a bit, longer than she cared for, she was in. She smiled briefly at her success before realising what she was there for. She studied the wards, checked their strength, their status, if they'd been tampereed with at all. Her heart grew tight with every check and double check.
"They're still up, strong, fine- no one has tampered with them," she told him, her eyes focused elsewhere as she kept herself keyed in.