I started to turn away, but Atrius caught my wrist. A long moment of silence stretched out between us. He stared at me with those eyes that seemed to skewer right through me. And just when I thought he didn’t have anything to say at all, he spoke. Four words in Obitraen. “What did that mean?” I asked. He just shook his head and let me go. “Take care of your brother,” he murmured, and turned to the fire.
