She felt tears coming to her eyes then as she sank into Ran and returned the hold easily, unable to help them anymore. She'd forced herself to come to terms with the likelihood she wouldn't see Ran again, at best for a long time, and at worst... well, she HADN'T come to terms with that.

"Onii-chan! You came! I missed you so much...!"

It wasn't exactly the first thing she'd planned to say to him, but a combination of exhaustion and distress had finally caught up to her, she really couldn't help it even if she wanted to at that point. Her big brother was finally in front of her again, even if he was from about five years into the future she really just didn't care about that detail right then. Her big brother was back.