It's hard not to pick up on that anxiety when it stands out so starkly among the grief from the rest of the Nest. Grief is something Elena has intimate experience with, and something she's actively trying to avoid feeling that day, so she gravitates toward that unusual emotion and the new Nestmate it seems to be emanating from.

Moving to stand beside him, the two of them out of the way with a decent view of the crowd, she's quiet for a moment as she sips a rather full glass of grassy alcohol. When she does speak, it's quiet and hesitant, but very clearly directed at him in concern. "Are you okay?"