Neverwinter Forest Sorry can't save me now

His ears fall back against his skull as his mother responds, and he takes a step back as she steps forward. This isn't what he'd expected at all, and he isn't sure how to feel or what to say. For a moment, he's silent.
What do you want from me? He settles on, simply because he genuinely doesn't know at this point. What could she want from him, after all he's done and all the time that has passed since their last true conversation? He swallows hard, then adds, I don't know how this is supposed to go. I thought you were dead and I'd never see you again. Sure, he'd dealt with it once already with his father and Lainie, but that definitely hadn't made it any easier. He feels just as lost now as he did then.