[He can't help it and makes soothing, shushing noises as she trails off, his voice soft and gentle.]
It's me, love. Ssh, it's okay. Well, no, it's not but it will be. Laurel sounded like she was doing fine and I'm sure Julian is, too. Kids are resilient and they're firecrackers. As long as Alex has you, he'll be okay, too.
Near as I can figure this is Gaia's doing. All of it. She's taken things from all of us. I'm just so relieved that you and Mel and Apollo are still here... I don't know what I would've done if she'd taken you.