Whatever bond they had between them was locked safely in the past.
His father had told him many times that he must always be locked safely inside before sunset.
When the doors were all safely locked behind him, she headed back into the living room.
So we all better hope we've got our man safely locked away.
No sir, he was going to stay safely locked indoors.
With luck, she would once again manage to be safely locked in her bedroom before he came home for the night.
Once the doors were safely locked behind him, he went, not to the bridge, but to his private quarters.
In any case, she must have thought he was still safely locked away.
The Sunrunners, of course, were all safely locked into the keep.
She could always explain afterwards, when the thing was safely locked in a vault.