[ The grimace Vash makes isnt a result of the kiss to his brow, but the memory of the last fraught hours shared between himself and his brother, and the attempt to reconcile that with the last memories he shares with his brother from this place. He bites down hard enough on the inside of his lower lip that it's bleeding for certain as he crumples against Dolph, the blue lies from before having already flickered to nothing.
Left him behind.... In more than one way. They never would see eye to eye, not about humans. But it didn't matter when....
He opens his eyes and looks at Dolph, wet brimming at the bottom of his eyes but not falling. ]
It's my fault. He wouldn't stop, I couldn't stop him. Nai's gone.
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Left him behind.... In more than one way. They never would see eye to eye, not about humans. But it didn't matter when....
He opens his eyes and looks at Dolph, wet brimming at the bottom of his eyes but not falling. ]
It's my fault. He wouldn't stop, I couldn't stop him. Nai's gone.
[ Nai here KNEW, too. He knows it. ]