When he softened his tone it was almost worse. It was starting to get dangerously close to her having to admit she cared or something, which she was never good at. It was always easier when Skuld was around to point it out for her so she could then vehemently deny it but then an unspoken understanding would develop in the aftermath.

Folding her arms tightly against her chest, Hel briefly look off to the sides and skywards before looking back and answering. "Your disappearance."

"............................. and what you said about your family being a magnet for trouble."