i'm not coming home

Raure stared past Finan and towards the ominous blue glowing in the distance. He wasn't sure he wanted to look his brother in the face now, as he was almost certain the sibling would try to get him to stay. For Aine, mostly. Raure wasn't sure the girl could go through any more loss, but Raure promised himself that he was doing this for them, in a way. Maybe if he found a new place to stay soon enough, he could return for his siblings. It was all a big confusing mess in his head, something he wasn't ready to sort out now with Finan either.

He was surprised when his brother seemed... accepting of the news. Breaking his stare from the glow, he looked to his brother. Although they were young, he understood what he was doing and what he was signing up for, or at least he thought that he did. He wasn't sure what the glow would do once he was out there; was it dangerous or harmless? Would he glow? He couldn't be sure, but wondered if Finan knew anything about it.

"Thank you." It was all he could manage at first, finding words suddenly difficult. He didn't expect Finan to not fight this, and frankly wasn't quite prepared for it. His brother came close then and pressed his nose gently into his shoulder. Raure smiled and returned the gesture, only for them to part moments later. He listed what came from Finan then, noticing as a few strange blue glowing bugs were getting close. What were these? They looked like fireflies, but they were blue. One came and landed on Finan's nose, leaving Raure puzzled as he stared at it with wide, matching blue eyes. When others of the same bug started to get closer, Raure wondered if it was the strange bugs causing the blue glow in the distance. "What's going on?"