[ He says it softly. Unlike the boy they're watching, Cain has the passage of time to soften the blow of his brother's loss. Not that it's been softened very much, still a sharp pain in his chest even now, but... at least he can think about it without that sharp spike of panic coming over his mind, the frantic desperation that had sent him fleeing to their house even knowing that his brother wouldn't be there.
Acceptance isn't easy, but it's something Cain's learned. He's had to, when it's been shoved in his face all these years. In this one thing only, there's no point in holding out hope. ]
But my brother was all I had. Our parents died when I was young, I barely remember them. I didn't want to accept that I'd lost my family.
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[ He says it softly. Unlike the boy they're watching, Cain has the passage of time to soften the blow of his brother's loss. Not that it's been softened very much, still a sharp pain in his chest even now, but... at least he can think about it without that sharp spike of panic coming over his mind, the frantic desperation that had sent him fleeing to their house even knowing that his brother wouldn't be there.
Acceptance isn't easy, but it's something Cain's learned. He's had to, when it's been shoved in his face all these years. In this one thing only, there's no point in holding out hope. ]
But my brother was all I had. Our parents died when I was young, I barely remember them. I didn't want to accept that I'd lost my family.