[ Vash hugs the small boy close, almost trembling when he can feel their connection. It's real, it's Nai, he's just small and young and so much like their children. Vash feels like a brother and a father at the same time. ]

It was so hard without you. You always know what to do, what to say. All I did was wait.

[ Vash strokes that pale hair gently, and then blinks away a few more tears to be able to look at his brother when the boy pulls back. Of course. Of course he doesn't know, he's too little. ]

It's real. It takes a long time but we made it. A paradise for us and the kids, with our sisters smiling as they watch over us. Safe.