( That's sad, he wants to say, but when he thinks about all the ways they hurt each other, maybe it's better. Maybe if he hadn't been and Asteria hadn't either, Selene and Phoebe could have been happy. They would still have each other, then, of course, and he has to swallow past a very dry throat. )
That sucks.
( And pointing. ) Asteria, then Selene, Phoebe. And then m-me.
( Softly, ) I'm the b-- b-baby.
( The useless, stupid baby. The beloved baby brother; not so much the latter, as it turned out. )
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( That's sad, he wants to say, but when he thinks about all the ways they hurt each other, maybe it's better. Maybe if he hadn't been and Asteria hadn't either, Selene and Phoebe could have been happy. They would still have each other, then, of course, and he has to swallow past a very dry throat. )
That sucks.
( And pointing. ) Asteria, then Selene, Phoebe. And then m-me.
( Softly, ) I'm the b-- b-baby.
( The useless, stupid baby. The beloved baby brother; not so much the latter, as it turned out. )