[ They don't have to say it - they have had a strong bond since the day Joshua was born. Love is shown through actions, through affections, through promises and oaths. Through ensuring the other is safe, by any means necessary.
What Clive says isn't odd, not to him. He understands. Eighteen years apart was more time than they ever spent together. They missed out on so many things because of Ultima, because of their mother's lust for power... But not anymore. Never again. ]
I missed you, too.
[ His voice is thin, a little watery and choked. Partially from emotion, partially from holding back the need to cough. ]
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What Clive says isn't odd, not to him. He understands. Eighteen years apart was more time than they ever spent together. They missed out on so many things because of Ultima, because of their mother's lust for power... But not anymore. Never again. ]
I missed you, too.
[ His voice is thin, a little watery and choked. Partially from emotion, partially from holding back the need to cough. ]
But we won't be apart again. I swear it.