Tobias regretted pushing the children. Or rather, he regretted what it brought about in Edmund. His old man had been violent, then? He had expected there to be more to the story, just not something like this. The lad's timid ways made sense now, and Tobias suspected that his sister was only the opposite because he had sheltered her from the violence.

"Aye," he said, with more determination now. "Ye will." He'd find a way. He'd help them.

Oh shoot... he was doing the thing again.

"Ye 'ave a whole life ahead of ye to learn and improve and lead a dignified life." He didn't know whether it was the right thing to say, or whether the boy would feel it was overbearing, but he wanted to speak some comfort and encouragement to the kid.