Applejack couldn't help but smile down at him when he looked up at her. Fingers caressing over his wet cheeks, even if it did nothing to wipe away the tears. She didn't really want them to stop anyway. Not until he felt better.
"More than anything else in the whole wide world." She confessed. Knowing it was true. "Aint none of them rascals gonna find you here. I promise." Not by himself, anyway. And she would stand beside whoever helped put them down if they did.