[ In an unenchanted forest, Joshua's whisper would have been lost among the sounds of the birds and the insects and the breeze rustling the foliage, but this is not such a forest. The sound carries as if by magic and he snaps to attention, scanning the woods around him for the source of that voice until his eyes land on-- ]
Joshua?
[ He doesn't even question it before he goes bolting through the trees, ducking under branches and hanging vines, leaping over fallen logs. He only stops short of barreling into his younger brother, but still uses that momentum to lift him briefly into a hug that's just shy of being too tight for comfort before setting him down. There's no way for him to hold back the sob he presses into Joshua's shoulder, feeling so viscerally all the love and loss that their lifetime of separation has engendered that it makes him ache.
After a nebulous moment, Clive pulls back, holding Joshua's face in his hands and looking him over for signs of illness or injury. ]
What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here. I brought you back.
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Joshua?
[ He doesn't even question it before he goes bolting through the trees, ducking under branches and hanging vines, leaping over fallen logs. He only stops short of barreling into his younger brother, but still uses that momentum to lift him briefly into a hug that's just shy of being too tight for comfort before setting him down. There's no way for him to hold back the sob he presses into Joshua's shoulder, feeling so viscerally all the love and loss that their lifetime of separation has engendered that it makes him ache.
After a nebulous moment, Clive pulls back, holding Joshua's face in his hands and looking him over for signs of illness or injury. ]
What are you doing here? You're not supposed to be here. I brought you back.