Vax smiled at Trinket and his sister, ready to grapple the bear hello and let him slobber his Uncle all over, but for what Vex was saying about how she'd ended up facing a giant squid-beast-thing.

"Her aramente," recognition began to kindle. Love and pride and longing fought for control of his expression as he thought of the dangers Keyleth - and subsequently they, as her friends - had faced during the challenges that would complete her training as the leader of her tribe. "Did she... I mean, there were obviously problems along the way," he acknowledged, given how he was apparently dead. "But did she do it, do you know?"