[Once Sabriel starts talking about her father, Teddy reaches out to take her hand. It's a means of support, perhaps a means of trust or connection. Though Teddy's mother didn't die so soon before he got here, it was still close for him. Close enough that he still has nightmares about it, and sometimes even expects her to walk in and kiss the top of his head while he's sitting on the couch and not thinking of much.

No kid this young should lose a parent, especially the only one family they have left in the world.]

Mom was trying to protect me. Someone was after me, someone powerful. We tried to hide in Billy's apartment, but he found us anyway, and he was holding my best friend hostage. And mom...

[Mom was revealed to be a Skrull. She said - "The empress ordered me to protect him, even from the likes of you!"

And then

"Consider your orders terminated."

"MOM!"

...]

I was taken anyway.