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[ he's here. He's alive. But that doesn't matter when Vash can see the damage he did to his brother. When the distance between them is more than just a few steps or a few miles. It's more than a ravine. They might at well still be separated by realities. ]

I've never felt like I understood him less than today. We've never been further apart.

[ he can feel the way Dolphs hold on him tightens and there's a flash of guilt, a pain in his chest as he pulls away so that he can look at Dolph, so he can search his face. For what he's not sure, but he lifts his hands to rest on either side of Dolph's face. ]

I'm not going to leave.

[ He made a promise and he intends to keep it. ]