The silence is something that makes sense. He holds Theta tightly. He'll ask what happened when Omega gets here, and he doesn't care about a single thing the adults have to say until he's got the firestorm of their older brother there. It's the tap that has his head pull back just enough to see it.

No purple framing either ear. Theta wasn't supposed to take them out at school. And that gets Delta seething. He knows what it means.

"You children are in more trouble than you can possibly imagine," he snarls as he pulls Theta close again. They'll get to hear the threat. Theta won't have to.