Sadde doesn't seem quite able to focus on homework at the moment. He's fidgeting, and sometimes stares off into space for long periods of time before James has to snap him out of it.
Lorica pats her dad's shoulder and goes over to Glam and hugs them.
They sniffle a bit.
Lorica will if need be sit here for the rest of the plane ride.
"Voluntary unless somebody thinks it's affecting your performance, so if you don't want to go, uh, look out."
Sigh. "Okay. If you wanna—talk about it, or chew me out about that thing, or to be hugged back, or something. Um. You can tell me."
"Right. I'm going to go congratulate Rewind, that was her first Endbringer fight."
"Oh, right." An undefined mess of emotions well up inside them. Why didn't she save—but they know they can't blame her for it. She couldn't've saved everyone. "This must've been the fight with the lowest casualty rate, huh."
"Not quite. Below average but not a record, not even for Behemoth. Getting her around is a problem; Dad helped but I want to see later if you can do flying suits that other people can control."
"Mmhm. Yeah, okay, we should definitely test that. I" can't go talk to Rewind right now, I'm going to blame her and it's not her fault, it's mine, all mine "'m going to my room to take a shower."