The door opens, and of course Genis is looking up into the surprised eyes of one big sister. "Hey, Raine," is his very terse reply to her terse greeting, but Genis will just give her a rather shy smile, though it's mixed with a huff of confidence. Unlike him, it's not been long since he's seen Raine, but it has been a rather panicked few hours coming to terms with everything.
There's a moment of paradox when Raine pulls Genis into a hug though. It is precisely the most right and most wrong thing that she could have done to him. It's the thing he needed and wanted most, but it was... also... well, embarrassing. What if somebody saw that?
"Sis, you don't have to be... that... affectionate," he says, but while his words will say one story, his hesitations, tone, and actions will say an entirely different one. Because Genis will bury his face into Raine and throw his arms around her too. He wants to be the strong one, the adult one, but there's still a 12-year-old kid inside him.
Not releasing her from the hug, Genis asks the all-important question: "So... is all of this really for real? Another world outside Sylverant and Tethe'alla?"
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There's a moment of paradox when Raine pulls Genis into a hug though. It is precisely the most right and most wrong thing that she could have done to him. It's the thing he needed and wanted most, but it was... also... well, embarrassing. What if somebody saw that?
"Sis, you don't have to be... that... affectionate," he says, but while his words will say one story, his hesitations, tone, and actions will say an entirely different one. Because Genis will bury his face into Raine and throw his arms around her too. He wants to be the strong one, the adult one, but there's still a 12-year-old kid inside him.
Not releasing her from the hug, Genis asks the all-important question: "So... is all of this really for real? Another world outside Sylverant and Tethe'alla?"