Neverwinter Forest the beach, the way the water felt-

He didn't really know what to say or what might fix things. It was all just... A lot. A pause and he shook his head. He still seemed like he was moving a bit in slow motion, Cupid is dead. Drop that brick, then the other, And one of my sons is missing. Been missing. Since before Mal even got back. About the time he would have been able to go looking, that's when Cupid... happened.

And he was just very mentally exhausted now, trying to be strong when around his pack, trying now. Failing. Mal had been trying to hold things together with minimal support but it was probably the wrong thing to do. How could he ask for help from Aibreann or Hua when it was about Cupid and he had Caerus and Liliana to care for? And Simmik had her own issues to still deal with. So what did it leave? Exhaustion, pretty much.