[Daiya's grin fades to a look of concern when his brother's expression changes. He doesn't let go of his brother, and in fact his fingers dig into Mondo's shoulder in solidarity and comfort. Whatever it is, Daiya can read his brother's hesitation well enough to know that Mondo needs to continue, whatever it is he has to say.
So he listens. In solemn silence, he listens, never once breaking the contact with his brother.
At first, he doesn't know what to say. How to react. At the news that his little brother was trapped in a situation like that, his first reaction is to be furious. At the girl who locked them in and mocked them with a stuffed bear.
Who ordered them to kill someone if they wanted to escape.
He catches Mondo's eye, but for once he's the one who looks away, who hides his expression under his pompadour.]
20, huh?
Sounds like I owe you your coming of age drink.
[Which is also his tough, manly way of saying 'sounds like you need one, after all you've been through.'
The more he thinks about it, the more he doesn't want to hear the end of this story. If Mondo needs to tell it, he'll listen. But he knows Mondo better than anyone else in the world. Knows his body language inside and out, even if five years separate them now (making them, ironically, the same age). Mondo has something else to tell. And with a lead-in like that, there's only two places the story can go from there.]
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So he listens. In solemn silence, he listens, never once breaking the contact with his brother.
At first, he doesn't know what to say. How to react. At the news that his little brother was trapped in a situation like that, his first reaction is to be furious. At the girl who locked them in and mocked them with a stuffed bear.
Who ordered them to kill someone if they wanted to escape.
He catches Mondo's eye, but for once he's the one who looks away, who hides his expression under his pompadour.]
20, huh?
Sounds like I owe you your coming of age drink.
[Which is also his tough, manly way of saying 'sounds like you need one, after all you've been through.'
The more he thinks about it, the more he doesn't want to hear the end of this story. If Mondo needs to tell it, he'll listen. But he knows Mondo better than anyone else in the world. Knows his body language inside and out, even if five years separate them now (making them, ironically, the same age). Mondo has something else to tell. And with a lead-in like that, there's only two places the story can go from there.]