"I...I don't know. Maybe later, but...I need to check on something..." Without another word, he took off in the direction Skylar had, leaving Carena to help with whatever else the others may need, despite her protests. He ran across the courtyard and burst through the doors, searching the hallways. It was about that time when he realized he had absolutely no idea where Skylar's room was. He searched the maze of large empty halls, with absolutely no lead on his destination.
Then, he heard something... Stopping to listen, the faint sound became very clear. The sound of pained sobs crawled through the empty halls and struck the boy with a wave of sorrow, molesting his eardrums and threatening the very will he retained to keep from spilling his emotions through his eyes...
Shaking his head, he followed the source of the sobs until he came to a closed door on the darkest end of the hallway. Reaching his hand up, he knocked softly.
"S...skylar?"
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Carena sighed and looked at Nina.
"Sorry about that, hun," she said softly. "Nicholas is a very disturbed child, you see? He doesn't like being around others, he's been alone most of his life... save for me." The drake lied down in the warm grass, cleaning the black talons on her left forepaw.