[ Boa looks at Nine silently for a moment here. The last weeks have been a bit of a roller coaster, with Cinque in the hotel, Nine losing his mind with worry... and then the whole aftermath of that. It'd felt hectic and more often than not Boa'd felt the need to seek refuge with Mitsuru and try to not think too hard about all the difficulties they are facing. Caring about more than one person is exhausting when things are spiraling out of control once more.
And Cinque... she'd accepted him as a brother right away, but her presence still left the same shallow taste in Boa's mouth that he gets any time Lance talks about his family at home. This fear that there is something more real to both of his brothers elsewhere, while Boa has no such thing.
So now... hearing confirmed that even despite all the strange and hasty directions that relationships between the older kids take, his place in this family matters... it means a lot. It soothes worries that Boa's not quite allowed himself to have.
Which means Nine is now getting a short hug - without any real explanation attached to it. ]
You two are linked at the hip, 'no' seems like an unlikely answer.
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And Cinque... she'd accepted him as a brother right away, but her presence still left the same shallow taste in Boa's mouth that he gets any time Lance talks about his family at home. This fear that there is something more real to both of his brothers elsewhere, while Boa has no such thing.
So now... hearing confirmed that even despite all the strange and hasty directions that relationships between the older kids take, his place in this family matters... it means a lot. It soothes worries that Boa's not quite allowed himself to have.
Which means Nine is now getting a short hug - without any real explanation attached to it. ]
You two are linked at the hip, 'no' seems like an unlikely answer.