[It's actually pretty much the best thing he could hope for. Things would be in chaos otherwise. They might think he'd gotten stuck down in one of the mines, or hurt himself hunting in the woods. There would be search parties everywhere.. it would be awful. He'd lost his mother young. He couldn't imagine inflicting that sort of pain on his own family.]
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[It's actually pretty much the best thing he could hope for. Things would be in chaos otherwise. They might think he'd gotten stuck down in one of the mines, or hurt himself hunting in the woods. There would be search parties everywhere.. it would be awful. He'd lost his mother young. He couldn't imagine inflicting that sort of pain on his own family.]
I hope you're right.