As his sister walked in and began to speak Haven caught a whiff of something upon her breath. Something familiar and also quite unexpected, at least not from her. Gods, what was going on? Immediately his gaze turned downwards to glance at her hands and saw what he was dreading. A bottle was held in one hand. Now he didn't have a problem with drinking entirely, if it was a good, happy occasion then it was fine. But using it for a coping device was not right as he had learned the hard way, and it was clear to him that whatever had brought her here was no cause for celebration. Jade eyes looked up into the violet of his sister. "Mati, why are you drinking?" He held out his hand. "Give me that, please." He didn't know what was going on, but he didn't like it.
Bi-colored ears perked at the mention of their blood mother. He hadn't seen her for so long. Not since before he had run away and he hadn't had the courage to come face to face with her after. One of the fears that held onto him the strongest was that whenever Naniko saw him she thought of Conri. He couldn't stand that thought and didn't want to cause her any pain. But if all of the things he had already seen had shocked him, the next words were like a punch to his gut. Their mother...thrown out? What? No...no she had to be mistaken, but this was no joking matter and he knew that she wasn't pulling his leg. "What?" Haven couldn't believe it, simply couldn't believe it. What the hell had happened?
For the moment though his sibling's tears distracted him and he quickly moved forward and wrapped his arms around her, holding her tight. How could their mother have been thrown out? She was the Commander...
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