vax'ildan stays silent, processing, while the nausea builds in his stomach. he hasn't told her about percy yet, and... for fuck's sake, he hasn't even figured out what he and percy are. he's definitely overstepped, enabling percy to have an affair, for fuck's sake.

vax is pulled out of his anxiety by vex'ahlia asking him about going home, about those in their home, and his heart sinks even further. he doesn't know how to answer this one. vax's hands start to form a thick braid, but his hazel eyes stay distant, staring at something far away. "i... i don't know. i left your wedding and found myself here. i don't know what's happening back home. i wish i had that answer for you."

vex had said keyleth, and like that, the anxiety in his stomach is even more real. it compounds, layer after layer, until he has to drop his hands from her hair and into his lap.

"vex'ahlia, i can't do this shit. there's so much. so many things, i don't know where to start."