[nodding slow as he pulls himself away from that train of thought--what would have happened after he vanished, where Heldalf ended up, how they would have put something in place to prevent things from getting worse. they're things that ultimately he can't do anything about until they make it back home.]

It'll work out. I don't know how, exactly, but I'm sure it will. Maybe it's strange to say, but even after everything I don't think Heldalf would have just given up after that.