Al had seen that post go up, actually--much later in the day, scrolling back through the feed. But at the time...he'd been stressed and dealing with his own ghost, and by the time he remembered again, the time to talk to her about it had well and truly passed.
But that's something for another time.
He listens again, a faint frown on his face as Heather explains. He remembers the explosive argument with Envy, had even spent the entire night waiting for Envy to come out of the darkness with a weapon in hand. But nothing had happened, and...now he knows who to thank for that.
"...I'm glad he had you around, back then. I'm not gonna lie, I spent the first week expecting him to jump out of the bushes yelling about--I don't know, me being our father or some bullshit."
He sighs and looks back out at the river. There's a lot he feels like he should say, but...he doesn't know how. Regrets and memories and how things have changed so much in the past few years...
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But that's something for another time.
He listens again, a faint frown on his face as Heather explains. He remembers the explosive argument with Envy, had even spent the entire night waiting for Envy to come out of the darkness with a weapon in hand. But nothing had happened, and...now he knows who to thank for that.
"...I'm glad he had you around, back then. I'm not gonna lie, I spent the first week expecting him to jump out of the bushes yelling about--I don't know, me being our father or some bullshit."
He sighs and looks back out at the river. There's a lot he feels like he should say, but...he doesn't know how. Regrets and memories and how things have changed so much in the past few years...
"...we have a very weird family here, don't we?"