His outward appearance is calm, despite the anxiety still swirling within. With this new explanation, though... it sounds too easy, but it does match up with everything else. The forest left Heimr and his sister alone, for the most part. He's sure it would torture them if it could.

It's a relief, but it also makes him feel kind of stupid. He got all worked up for nothing... he probably missed a lot of useful information from that memory... ugh.

"You could've mentioned that sooner," he grumbles half-heartedly, as if Heimr was going to give him a warning. He should've at least attacked for real, just to see what would happen. It would've been so satisfying.