[This is what happens when you're in a castle with almost entirely touch-starved people, Reyson. He still has a while before he becomes anything close to not alive, so he's totally fine being reassuring in any sort of way.

Though he does hum for a brief moment as he contemplates all of this. Is it just convenient timing or is this something that's tied to something bigger than them? It's not like he knows a lot about this season or the Council or anything of that nature, but it seems too convenient.]

Hopefully it's just... unfortunate timing. But the rational part of my brain is screaming that these are connected, whether intended or not. [He shouldn't be a downer about this, but he can't help a sigh.] Nor do I know what we could do about it.