There was a point in every boy's life where his mother became not only someone to love and respect and cherish, but the one person in all the world he had to protect at all costs. He didn't mind too much being pulled into this strange land, but it did annoy him that someone would do that to his mum. "What?" he said, managing a grin as he fell back on sillyness as usual to hide his discomfort. "That I'd turn out so brilliantly?"