[The herb does its job. Joshua is far from any shape to do anything more than hobble, if that, but much to his morbid surprise, he won't be dying today.]
[He glances at Ryu with a shaky smile flooded with respect.]
[Is this what Clive feels like? he wonders. His heart hurts to think about his brother, here so briefly and gone so sudden, but Ryu was right all those days ago. He still has family. Brothers made not through blood, but self-built bonds.]
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[The herb does its job. Joshua is far from any shape to do anything more than hobble, if that, but much to his morbid surprise, he won't be dying today.]
[He glances at Ryu with a shaky smile flooded with respect.]
[Is this what Clive feels like? he wonders. His heart hurts to think about his brother, here so briefly and gone so sudden, but Ryu was right all those days ago. He still has family. Brothers made not through blood, but self-built bonds.]
You did well.
I'm--[he coughs again] ...I'm proud of you.