[Maybe it's natural to be in disbelief when your dead nephew shows up at your front porch. Maybe the more natural reaction would be to rush over and grab your younger, living nephew because there's no way he could be hanging out with his dead older brother like that.
But Cass has just gone through an incredible day of teleportation and being told she had powers and meeting housemates and neighbors that were seven feet tall or had never heard of electricity before arriving here. All things considered, this one might actually be tame. And maybe she wanted to believe this, too much to let doubt actually hold her, because she'd talked about Tadashi in present tense whenever it came up here today, hadn't she? And because her shock wears off so quickly. The moment she hears Hiro call back to her she snaps out of her daze and starts rushing over, ignoring that the ground might not be the safest for bare feet because really, does that matter right now? (A few pebbles on the sidewalk is nothing compared to what her children had to go through.)]
Hiro, Tadashi! [she says again once she's close enough to touch them. Instinctively, her hand goes to Hiro's cheek, holding him there for the split second it takes her to look him over for any injuries. And the same for Tadashi, without a moment to hesitate although she has to reach up to reach him, her fingertips grazing his cheekbones. That's right; this is the face. Her eyebrows furrow as she looks between the two of them quickly.] Oh my god, oh god, I can't believe you two are here. [Relief and happiness both well up at seeing such familiar faces, and seeing him alive, but there's guilt, too, for being glad they're here when she knows what this whole imPort ordeal is about, and anger at the fact that they'd been pulled into it.] Are you okay? How long have you been here?
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But Cass has just gone through an incredible day of teleportation and being told she had powers and meeting housemates and neighbors that were seven feet tall or had never heard of electricity before arriving here. All things considered, this one might actually be tame. And maybe she wanted to believe this, too much to let doubt actually hold her, because she'd talked about Tadashi in present tense whenever it came up here today, hadn't she? And because her shock wears off so quickly. The moment she hears Hiro call back to her she snaps out of her daze and starts rushing over, ignoring that the ground might not be the safest for bare feet because really, does that matter right now? (A few pebbles on the sidewalk is nothing compared to what her children had to go through.)]
Hiro, Tadashi! [she says again once she's close enough to touch them. Instinctively, her hand goes to Hiro's cheek, holding him there for the split second it takes her to look him over for any injuries. And the same for Tadashi, without a moment to hesitate although she has to reach up to reach him, her fingertips grazing his cheekbones. That's right; this is the face. Her eyebrows furrow as she looks between the two of them quickly.] Oh my god, oh god, I can't believe you two are here. [Relief and happiness both well up at seeing such familiar faces, and seeing him alive, but there's guilt, too, for being glad they're here when she knows what this whole imPort ordeal is about, and anger at the fact that they'd been pulled into it.] Are you okay? How long have you been here?