Choking out a gasp, Gareth only caught a brief glimpse of Thomas when he had broken his train of thought to take note of the goings-on around him. Boy, he sure wished then that he had not. After the sight he saw, his current despondent state seemed as if it wouldn't cease anytime soon to the boy, and he quickly turned his eyes away from the guards entering the area. Sophia and Jezin, he also noted for the brief time he broke his depressed trance, had since left the great hall. To where they went he knew not, but it seems they felt the need to leave him to his emotions for some time. Actually, the half-elf felt a little bad, pushing Sophia away as he did, for now he willed to have someone at his side during what he could only describe as more gut-wrenching to add to his turmoil. Harker bit his lip as his crying continued and did what he little he could to condition himself for what lie ahead.