Noble had no other ideas, but she was nodding, and maybe they would get through this. "I'm going to try to head back to the ballroom," he said, after a beat. With things so audibly chaotic outside, he wanted to reconnect with his family — lest any of them try to go out and end up in trouble. He didn't know what else to say. I'm sorry didn't quite encapsulate everything, and he didn't want to lie to her and tell her that everything would be alright, because he wasn't convinced that it would.
"I'll see you around?" he tried, instead.
"I'll see you around?" he tried, instead.
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