A fair amount of that could have been unbearably painful to hear and in many respects it was, but, again: It could be packed away and dealt with later on. Besides, it was never any big secret that he needed his Tower and his near storybook quest. That was just how things were, and sobbing about the obvious and inevitable wouldn't do any good.

"Hm." No, he didn't realize at all, but Nariko wouldn't point it out, either. "This is a bit anticlimactic, but you still need to eat dinner. It probably won't be as terrible as yesterday." And to be fair it had looked pretty horrible yesterday (Nariko no longer trusted 'casseroles') but been edible. Or it must have been since she had yet to accidentally murder her own husband through cooking. "And are we all just waiting for Cuthbert to return whenever he feels like it?"

Leaving him out in the middle of nowhere in a strange world was a horrible idea, but maybe it was better for Kaine to go after him.