[PINmailed to ... just about everyone - if you want them to see this, they can]

[introublelately]

MY BROTHER IS ALIVE.

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[introublelately]

You knew?!

Kei.

[introublelately]

He wants to see me?

[one_drafted_man]

Hey, awesome. Congratulations.

[introublelately]

Don't break out the party hats so soon.

There's a reason I've never gone back, even if I probably could.

[one_drafted_man]

Well, consider it the congratulations of someone who's also recently gotten some unexpected news about the (only potential, so far, in my case) survival of a sibling who'd been thought long since gone.

[introublelately]

... right. Sorry. Thanks.

Eliza pauses, then sends a second PINmail to Grif, locked solely to Grif. PINpoints are wonderful devices.

The Red King is my great-grandfather,. Family reunions - especially the kind that involve family members who should've stayed dead - don't have happy endings. Not for the Harker family. Not ever. Family means you die forever, or else.

I don't want to see him, Grif. I don't want to die.

[weapon_of_lies]

Does he still owe you that ten bucks?

[introublelately]

More like a hundred; apparently older brothers lose track of their spending habits when they have to visit Alaska for a month.

I wonder if real life works like Super Mario and he'll drop coins if I beat on him hard enough.

[weapon_of_lies]

Try it! If you jump on him, will he hide inside of his turtle shell?

[introublelately]

Wouldn't that be amazing - probably not.