His brother was actually affected by this. Enough to slip his words and delay answering. Enough for another pulse of surprise to slip through, sharp and prominent. Coupled with fear, dark and throbbing. Albedo's eyes shut momentarily, the emotions not his own slipping through him. Even now, something like that was....

If he was honest, he was less focused on the apparent conversation at hand than he likely should have been.

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