[Caleb is attentive, glad to hear about what has happened for Alaric since they met and since they last saw one another. Glad to hear things sound good, though when he speaks about this person from home coming here and then vanishing, he makes a face.

Frowning heavily as he shakes his head.]

I had kind of the same thing happen. Someone I knew from home was here for a couple of months and then one night they vanished. I worry because of things that changed him here and worrying how they changed him back home as well.

[He pauses and then asks softly.]

How bad was the news from home?