There's a brief moment that Genis is excited by the prospect of the future. He's got a long way to catch up to Raine before he'll ever be as tall as her, but he's been not-so-jokingly threatening that for a long time, even if he's still thoroughly entertained by things his human peers his age might have surpassed long ago. "I keep telling you that. It's only a matter of time before people start mistaking you for my little sister."
But then his house of cards come tumbling down. Or perhaps the more apropos metaphor is that the ball failed dramatically to catch in the cups of his kendama. Finding himself alone and lost within the grand expanse of a new world had been a little frightening and terrifying, though he'd adjusted okay when he knew "others like him" were here. Knowing his sister was here had become the thing he had latched onto, just as he had latched onto Mithos as a friend in their extended "Journey of Regeneration." In a world as inconstant as this one, Raine had been that source of constancy, an anchor firmly planted in the old world that he could trust as a fixed point, a reliable guide through uncharted waters.
But Raine's admission... made it pertinently clear that that wasn't the case. She hadn't ever had time for dating; in all the years they were in Sylverant, Genis had felt safe and secure—even counted upon—Raine's perpetual attention towards Genis. She wasn't just a sister; she was a surrogate mother, though Genis would never voice that aloud. But the Raine of his memory no longer aligned with the Raine of reality. And he didn't know her.
"What? For real? You..."
And as if on cue, suddenly, who else would show up but the boyfriend himself. Or at least that's whom Genis was more or less presuming it would be. This was a hotel; he didn't knock. That spoke volumes. This is no casual visit; this presumed some amount of intimacy.
And if Raine had someone else, what did that mean for him?
Genis stares at Solomon with some look of trauma behind his features. Sorry, but even with that charming smile and an offer to be kind to him, this 12 year old has already had a pretty full on day.
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But then his house of cards come tumbling down. Or perhaps the more apropos metaphor is that the ball failed dramatically to catch in the cups of his kendama. Finding himself alone and lost within the grand expanse of a new world had been a little frightening and terrifying, though he'd adjusted okay when he knew "others like him" were here. Knowing his sister was here had become the thing he had latched onto, just as he had latched onto Mithos as a friend in their extended "Journey of Regeneration." In a world as inconstant as this one, Raine had been that source of constancy, an anchor firmly planted in the old world that he could trust as a fixed point, a reliable guide through uncharted waters.
But Raine's admission... made it pertinently clear that that wasn't the case. She hadn't ever had time for dating; in all the years they were in Sylverant, Genis had felt safe and secure—even counted upon—Raine's perpetual attention towards Genis. She wasn't just a sister; she was a surrogate mother, though Genis would never voice that aloud. But the Raine of his memory no longer aligned with the Raine of reality. And he didn't know her.
"What? For real? You..."
And as if on cue, suddenly, who else would show up but the boyfriend himself. Or at least that's whom Genis was more or less presuming it would be. This was a hotel; he didn't knock. That spoke volumes. This is no casual visit; this presumed some amount of intimacy.
And if Raine had someone else, what did that mean for him?
Genis stares at Solomon with some look of trauma behind his features. Sorry, but even with that charming smile and an offer to be kind to him, this 12 year old has already had a pretty full on day.
He just remains speechless.