Kash was learning, bless him, and Vex was about to give him a pleased smile as encouragement, reward, something, but that didn't sound like his usual grumping to keep people from getting close.

"Misery? What happened?" If people were hurt, he'd be in the thick of it, so it wasn't that. Same if they were under attack, but she'd have been able to hear a fight, if that was it. Whatever it was was big, and not a physical problem, if Vex had to guess.