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[wearingthestars]

[The fact that this starts as audio may be tip off enough to some that something's up. Billy's voice is a little stiff, softer than usual, with careful, measured breaths.]

Hey, has anyone seen Tommy around? I'm looking for him.

[There's a pause, like he wants to add more, before abruptly cutting off.]

Comments

[Audio]

[rage_on]

Yeah... Hey listen, I'll keep an eye out for him and smack him upside the head first thing for making him worry you.

[Audio]

[wearingthestars]

[There's small breath that might be something like a laugh, but there's not much spirit in it.]

Thanks. And it's probably fair, I make him worry all the time. I'm due.

[Audio]

[rage_on]

That may be, but you don't tell him that. I'll still smack him one for you.

[He completely understands the anxiety of not hearing from one's sibling(s).]

[Audio]

[wearingthestars]

Heh- you one of the older ones or younger ones back home?

[Audio]

[rage_on]

Eh, second oldest out of four.

[Audio]

[wearingthestars]

I could tell.
Tommy says he's the oldest.
I'm the oldest with my other two.

[Audio]

[rage_on]

Figures.

Other two?

[Audio]

[wearingthestars]

I've got two little brothers. I'm sort of...adopted, in a way?
Our family situation is a little complicated.

[Audio]

[rage_on]

Oh, I see. I mean, I guess technically me and my brothers are all adopted too. And my brother's got a crush on our sister which is weird and not because she's our father's actual daughter, so uh, we got complications too.

[Audio]

[wearingthestars]

Wow. ...You might win. We'll hash it out when everything's not so...this.

[Audio]

[rage_on]

[Raphael blurts out a laugh at that.]

That's one thing I'm not crazy about winning. But yeah. Gotcha.