[France might be surprised in the morning, but Envy's sure that he wouldn't mind sharing for a night, not when the extra person is Envy's sister who's just had her first, very upsetting nightmare.]
[It's too dark in the room for her to really see his grin, but she can probably hear it in his voice.]
It's what brothers are supposed to do, isn't it?
[His voice is as quiet as hers. It still amazes him, that they're able to be anything approaching what a brother and sister are "supposed" to be like. That they can do something as simple as this, something that would have been impossible before.]
[Johto might take people away, but what it offers back makes that a whole lot easier to bear.]
[It's such a strange thing. Not long ago and Lust would have scoffed at the idea of family. Proper family as humans mean it, all sentimental ties and strong affection. Now it's something she clings to, this fact that she has a family. It's a small one, and cobbled together with broken bits and patched cracks, but it is family. A good family.]
[She understands that this, too, is something she wanted but didn't realize. Just another piece of an existence and nature she didn't comprehend but craved desperately anyway. The humanity, she has learned, is secondary. Unnecessary to her true goals in the long run,despite attaining it. She would have family even if this world hadn't changed her biology.]
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[It's too dark in the room for her to really see his grin, but she can probably hear it in his voice.]
It's what brothers are supposed to do, isn't it?
[His voice is as quiet as hers. It still amazes him, that they're able to be anything approaching what a brother and sister are "supposed" to be like. That they can do something as simple as this, something that would have been impossible before.]
[Johto might take people away, but what it offers back makes that a whole lot easier to bear.]
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[She understands that this, too, is something she wanted but didn't realize. Just another piece of an existence and nature she didn't comprehend but craved desperately anyway. The humanity, she has learned, is secondary. Unnecessary to her true goals in the long run,despite attaining it. She would have family even if this world hadn't changed her biology.]
I couldn't ask for a better big brother.