Surely Gem wouldn't be avoiding him, right? Phobia had very little patience in general and the hesitation that his sister felt was probably warranted. He was just starting to inch towards anger when Gem's voice responded to his own and luckily disaster had been averted for now. He gave his smaller sister a grin as she approached. He was probably many of his sibling's first bully but in truth when he wasn't in a mood or being challenged, one or two sisters tended to try that, he wasn't exactly mean. No more than most children at least. Gem wasn't one of his usual targets, she was much too timid for him to feel the need to fight her most of the time. Sure he would try and push her around when he could but he liked her well enough. "C'mon!" He gestured for Gem to follow him, spinning around to lead her out of the den. "What were ya doing inside anyways?" Phobia knew some of his siblings preferred the night time, the sun, what little of it they were getting, could hurt their skin and eyes. His own right eye hurt sometimes if things were really bright but maybe he'd been partially saved by the fact his pupils could contract to much smaller than any of his siblings, and his darker colouration protected him from the sun more than most of his siblings. Eventually he'd adjust his sleep schedule to match that of most of the Kleins in Ashen but for now Phobia simply had too much energy to waste even a second of day, no matter the time and he frankly thought Gem was weird for choosing to do so!
