Everything was gone. All that had been done to her, gone. Had he hallucinated it all? But she's telling him that she'll explain later, to go check on their children. He's in a daze as he regards her, but he loosens his hold, ready to see that their young ones don't wander out. There was much he, they, needed to speak with them about.

First--

"Are you all right?" he asks and he holds her gaze, seeking an answer. He's not leaving her until he knows.