Mm... he's a wonderful elder sibling. And our Thursday evenings leave us completely out of control - it hardly seems like there's anything we can do.

[ it's hard enough for softhearted taair, who is not a protective big brother. he can only imagine. ] I wish there was something else I could do, too. I...only hope that he, that both of them, will continue to reach out to us as things here get worse.

... I'm sorry, that you all found yourself in a location where those horrors happened, once again. It never makes it any easier.