Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12366734-20130718051808/@comment-7953253-20130718054808

I'm pretty sure that those adorable children were heartbroken following Grelod's death.

Don't you ever hear the town guards, "There's been a murder over in Riften, the Orphanage. Those poor children must be heartbroken"?

They only sounded cheerful when you kill her so that the Dragonborn doesn't view children as sensitive and emotional. But when Grelod was killed, it took a chunk out of those children's soul, their hearts.