Neverwinter Forest Traversed a winding road and came her way

At her confirmation, he deflated a little. Where was his son? He had a million questions, but with Liliana having joined them, he felt he should metaphorically take a step back and let his daughter lead.

But this couldn't be the end of it. Because that was what had happened to him -- his sister just was gone and the adults had stopped looking. But people shouldn't give up -- he couldn't. In that aspect, he related far more closely to Liliana than Miriam perhaps, he looked to his daughter, We'll make a plan and keep looking for him, okay? I'm not giving up on finding him for you. A sister needed her brother. It was a very serious thing, not to be joked about, not to be one of those fake promises maybe would be made to a kid just to appease them. No, Mal was serious. He'd do what he could to find the boy, his mind already running through whether some should be sent to scout farther -- ones who didn't have as much weighting on them if their trip took longer, perhaps. He hoped his words at least would provide some comfort, that they weren't forgetting him, that they would do their damnedest to turn a 'try' into reality.