The franchise itself, Radley, is—not to put too fine a point on it—not very kind to Keldor. Like it exists to subject him to things like horrors unfathomable, or to become the person people come to hate and fear.

Thanks a lot, Mattel.

At any rate, it'll be just before his face is all red and blotchy again before he stops crying. Just because he's letting a trusted friend see him cry doesn't mean he still doesn't have some pride over things like expressing his emotions in such a fashion.

Especially when it affects his looks, which may be why he's hiding in his hair a bit.

There is a little vanity in him, after all.

"I do not know," he begins, offering his lap to Evie, "What I am to do. I know what I ought not to do, but not what ought to be done."

There's a pause before one of Keldor utters one of his biggest understatements.

"I am not used to dealing with or facing matters of this nature."