"Fine, I'm fine!" Addie waved her hands quickly, trying to reassure both him and Elea. "I just, um...I was, sort of...worried about you..."
Elea opened her mouth, apparently ready to lay into him again, when Myst cleared his throat and noted mildly, "My love, perhaps Adelaide is quite old enough to defend herself?"
"Oh." Elea deflated slightly and gave Adelaide a chagrined look. "Yes, I suppose you are, aren't you? Well." She glared in Thomas's general direction briefly once more. "Don't do it again." Then she turned and flounced back to Myst, who seemed entirely too amused by the whole situation.
Addie, for her part, was blushing positively crimson, but she gave him a small smile. "I—I thought you might be...you know. Gone. Like, gone, gone."