[He will be there. He's going nowhere this time. There isn't anything in this town telling them they have to leave because they've been forced here, and if they do need to leave, the rest of the world is open to them.]
It will be as it was, milord. [But he can hear that weariness, and he sets a hand to rub across those shoulders, coaxing the boy to sleep.] Rest now. We'll be here when you wake and we'll figure out something to do about all of that.
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It will be as it was, milord. [But he can hear that weariness, and he sets a hand to rub across those shoulders, coaxing the boy to sleep.] Rest now. We'll be here when you wake and we'll figure out something to do about all of that.