He can't quite manage another laugh; it's more a rueful exhale.
"Fair. We were - very close, for a long time. And then..."
They're into territory that would be quite firmly locked off, most of the time. Zerxus doesn't even notice.
"Eaedalus. Nydas's older brother - more sense than both of us." They didn't have the same instant rapport, didn't spend hours diving into caves or chatting beneath the stars, but he'd always been a sort of...solid, steady extension of that dynamic.
"He took in my son." Nydas had felt like family for a long time, but that was when the Okiros were indelibly linked.
His hands are sturdier against Steve, now. It probably won't last.
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"Fair. We were - very close, for a long time. And then..."
They're into territory that would be quite firmly locked off, most of the time. Zerxus doesn't even notice.
"Eaedalus. Nydas's older brother - more sense than both of us." They didn't have the same instant rapport, didn't spend hours diving into caves or chatting beneath the stars, but he'd always been a sort of...solid, steady extension of that dynamic.
"He took in my son." Nydas had felt like family for a long time, but that was when the Okiros were indelibly linked.
His hands are sturdier against Steve, now. It probably won't last.
"Did you ever - ?"