But she did. She'd do it for all her brothers if it seemed they needed it. The Echo she knew was sterner, wary but direct. The things he'd endured had worn him down to edges and angles. This was the first time she was actually hearing about some of the difficulties he'd gone through, the loss of a brother. Omega couldn't bear to think about how that felt. Already one of their brothers was set up against them. She wasn't about to lose any more of them.

"No, it's okay," she said softly. "I know it's hard... You can't just forget things like that."