Hushed Willows Hit the ground running

Secret or not, Stark's thoughts still went to Octavia's concern over Reek and Tambourine. He didn't know that the male had already gone off to find his other children. It might have taken some of the pressure off him but as it stood he was too busy trying to appease Octavia's paranoia. She jolted so sharply that Stark drew back a couple steps, concern in his eyes. She was acting so strangely lately and he didn't know what was going on. Everything that had happened just kept him on edge, enough that he felt the Keep sometimes was suffocating to him, it drove him to worry over what he needed to do for the sake of peacekeeping. 

"Talk?' He repeated, biting his lip for a moment. That sort of thing never went well. "Y-yeah. Sure. What's....uh. What's on your mind?" Usually he was far more silver-tongued, but this was a matter that they had both been avoiding talking about anything more than just letting it all go with the flow. Thinking of actually facing things head on? Well. He wasn't that brave.