I'm going to assume your brother was an asshole. Hopefully your long-lost sister wasn't.
[ he shrugs and turns the photo around in his hands to look at it. and maybe most kids this age would smile or look fondly on it, but Isaac just frowns. it deepens at the question. ]
Yeah, was in the military, went off, never came back, you know the deal. [ it bothers him, more than he's showing but the words fly out of his mouth like they're rote at this point. no, he doesn't have any coping problems, none at all. ] Mom left early on and then it... was, well me and Dad. [ he shrugs, setting the picture down, a gesture none too different from Dave's hand wave before. nothing to see here, keep moving. ] He's gone, too.
[ by now, he's said this so many times that it comes off flat, pretty blunt. it's easier not to talk about those things, right? ]
tl;dr
[ he shrugs and turns the photo around in his hands to look at it. and maybe most kids this age would smile or look fondly on it, but Isaac just frowns. it deepens at the question. ]
Yeah, was in the military, went off, never came back, you know the deal. [ it bothers him, more than he's showing but the words fly out of his mouth like they're rote at this point. no, he doesn't have any coping problems, none at all. ] Mom left early on and then it... was, well me and Dad. [ he shrugs, setting the picture down, a gesture none too different from Dave's hand wave before. nothing to see here, keep moving. ] He's gone, too.
[ by now, he's said this so many times that it comes off flat, pretty blunt. it's easier not to talk about those things, right? ]