For once, Merton doesn't jump at the sudden appearance of the memory holder, having been through this just enough to expect it now.
“He could have at least tried.” Despite the bitter edge in his tone, his voice is soft, with a hint of resignation. Would putting a kid through the wringer of failing to find a foster family again and again, or landing him with a bad one really be an improvement? It was just sort of a shit situation with no real easy solution. But that fact didn't make the whole thing any easier to swallow. Brainy seemed almost at peace with how things went down though, or at least unbothered. If he had any tells to indicate otherwise, Merton didn’t know him well enough to suss them out.
“Though, I guess there are worse fates than being alone.” But man he was so young. No one should have to be alone that young.
He doesn’t ask what would make a kid so infamous as to make the prospect of adoption unthinkable, not only on an entire planet, but within an entire collection of planets. He already knew, or had a decent enough idea, so it doesn’t even occur to him that it would be the next obvious question.
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“He could have at least tried.” Despite the bitter edge in his tone, his voice is soft, with a hint of resignation. Would putting a kid through the wringer of failing to find a foster family again and again, or landing him with a bad one really be an improvement? It was just sort of a shit situation with no real easy solution. But that fact didn't make the whole thing any easier to swallow. Brainy seemed almost at peace with how things went down though, or at least unbothered. If he had any tells to indicate otherwise, Merton didn’t know him well enough to suss them out.
“Though, I guess there are worse fates than being alone.” But man he was so young. No one should have to be alone that young.
He doesn’t ask what would make a kid so infamous as to make the prospect of adoption unthinkable, not only on an entire planet, but within an entire collection of planets. He already knew, or had a decent enough idea, so it doesn’t even occur to him that it would be the next obvious question.