Will someone please call a surgeon who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart

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"Speak!"

Once invited, Grimshaw carried himself forward towards his sister as she approached with a loose grin plastered on his face. She stood to wrap her arms around his thick neck and he followed in suit as he leaned back to sit up on his rear and wrapped his forelegs around Bowen's much smaller frame and held her close. It had been far too long since they'd last seen each other, easily pups. It was almost like she stopped growing while they were still young, meanwhile he grew like a weed. He laughed at her comment after she pulled away and he relaxed back down into a casual sit as well.

"Really? I thought you shrunk!" He teased with a gentle laugh, silver eyes looking her over and making sure she was otherwise healthy. She seemed fine, but mentioning her state being better since she had been back, a questioning look creased his face. Where had she gone? He assumed that she had always been here, just hanging out on the island. When he had left, he never expected Bowen to have disappeared as well. "Back home?" He questioned, wondering what she had spent her time doing away from the Hallows. His time wasn't that exciting, but wouldn't be shy to tell if she asked.

When she asked if he was coming to visit, it brought back the pained memories from the night before. His non-stop traveling had allowed him to make it to Auster quicker than he could've ever imagined, but that didn't allow him to forget anything along the way. Bowen had been a temporary reprieve, but as expected, the memories and thoughts returned. "To visit, yeah. I saw Art in the Armada while he was training there, figured I'd make a trip home to visit now that he's Aegis and it's our birthdays." He added a light smile, even if a flash of pain struck through his eyes there for a moment.