Finally

He glared at her angrily, ready to issue a sharp retort, when his gaze softened. "Kadence. I take it you left. You killed someone. You came back. And now I'm in your face. But why did you vanish? You could have told me." He studied her, thoughtfully. His silver eyes sparked occasionally with slight anger at her disapearance, but he pushed it down. Such thoughts were only a hindrance. He needed to speak to her calmly, and get all the answers from her that he could. Also, he had been meaning to ask her something about Grimnir...but that could wait.