Ford caught the emotion in her expression and his insides twisted. With three younger sisters, he wasn't the sort to be paralyzed by the idea of a girl crying, but it wasn't going to do them any favors for either of them to get emotional at the moment. There was a real and present danger facing them, and while Ford didn't think they were actually going to die here he also recognized that they both needed their wits about them.
"Hey, no," he said in his most reassuring tone (which would have been more effective if he hadn't also been trying to rush through the reassurances so that he could get back to thinking through how to get them out of here). He reached out and rubbed her upper arm gently and reached his other hand around to touch her back — nearly hugging her, though there was still plenty of room between them. "We're not going to die, alright? We'll get back to the ballroom and you'll find your sister and everyone else. I just have to... we'll just figure out which one of these walls is shared with the ballroom and we'll use a spell to get through it," he decided. Did he actually know a spell which would allow them to walk through walls? No, but finding the closest path back towards the ballroom seemed like a good start regardless. If things really got dire they could maybe blast a hole in it... though given the state of the building, he didn't particularly like the idea of harming the integrity of the walls any more than they already had been.
"Hey, no," he said in his most reassuring tone (which would have been more effective if he hadn't also been trying to rush through the reassurances so that he could get back to thinking through how to get them out of here). He reached out and rubbed her upper arm gently and reached his other hand around to touch her back — nearly hugging her, though there was still plenty of room between them. "We're not going to die, alright? We'll get back to the ballroom and you'll find your sister and everyone else. I just have to... we'll just figure out which one of these walls is shared with the ballroom and we'll use a spell to get through it," he decided. Did he actually know a spell which would allow them to walk through walls? No, but finding the closest path back towards the ballroom seemed like a good start regardless. If things really got dire they could maybe blast a hole in it... though given the state of the building, he didn't particularly like the idea of harming the integrity of the walls any more than they already had been.
Set by Lady!