[Belthazar has heard of people who die showing up. Not here, but in Exsilium... So that isn't new. But he's never thought about what it'd be like to have his sister actually show up. He's never thought about the consequences. In Exsilium it was always train, train, train. Hide from the pain. Cry a little on Adrasteius if necessary.

Truth be told, Belthazar is not very good at dealing with things. And the fact it's so much like his story...

He laughs quietly, brokenly.]

W-what awful luck. [He sucks in a breath through his teeth, trying not to cry.] I'm an orphan, too. My sister raised me, until she...

[He looks at Hiro helplessly, perhaps even a little scared. He's gone through a lot of emotions in a week. His fingers tremble beneath the gold edges of his sleeves, and then he grabs some of the loose fabric of Hiro's shirt sleeve and holds on.]

I-I'm not very good at this. I don't make friends. But I am... sorry.