Tryidan's youthful eyes widened as the staff changed hands, and then was poked and prodded by his mother. He only vaguely heard Soren referencing him in some capacity, and while he felt the need to retaliate verbally, or dare an assault he was too fixated on the forfeited object of power to care. A very small, but growing part of him tried to turn away, and eventually he was able to do so. He turned his back on his brother, the foreigner, his mother. He tried to think of his sister's lot in this, to break his mesmerizing torturer's hold on him.
" It would indeed be wise to apologize, by word and deed, Brother. "
((OOC: Sorreh, o.x; My friend I haven't seen in a while came home for Thanksgiving and kidnapped me, just got home.))