It's always nice to see Colin smiling like that, unreservedly, and an echoing smile tugs at Lorne's mouth.

"I'm glad to hear it all the same." Stability sometimes feels very hard to come by, which may explain in part why he's come back. "Ideally, I'll be serving in the Watch here after I pay the Captain a visit. I decided to move back home." A touch sheepishly: "I'd have sent a message but I wasn't certain I'd get here before the roads were impassable."

He has very few personal possessions, so it was a simple enough choice to pack everything up and leave. Dragging a wagon with him would almost certainly have slowed his pace and delayed his arrival for months.