Trace looked up at her as she spoke, the words felt a bit distant but he believed her. When she grabbed his hands he looked down at them a little then back up at her, he couldn't believe someone was saying this nice of things to him. "I-i p-promise" he finally said, he could feel the truth in her words and for the first time he knew he had a friend as well. "T-thanks" he added softly, he was out of words to say to her at that moment. He looked down again knew what his father would do and if the training her father was going to teach him would help, he would have to protect himself even if it was from his own father.