[Eli falls back down, and all Arven can do is stare at him with a mixture of disbelief and pity for a moment as his anger fizzles out as quickly as it erupted.]

Yeah, well... [He sniffles and rubs at his eyes.] I didn't ask to care about you, but here we are.

[Mabosstiff gets up and pushes his nose into his Trainer's leg.]

'm okay, bud...

[He is not okay and Mabosstiff knows it. Another nudge gets Arven to let out a shaky sigh and sit back down.]

I just... I'm so freakin' scared by the thought of seeing you in the middle of one of those palaces.