"Do… do I have a brother?" she asked, unable to help herself. She felt a moment's pause. "Yes." Her knees wobbled and she felt her body collapsing, his strong arm going around her waist to support her. "I was waiting for you to be ready. You couldn't have met anyone like you were." She centered herself, holding onto his arm, her brain processing everything. She had a brother, one who'd been looking for her for twenty years or so, which meant he was older than she was. She had an older brother. She didn't know the emotions inside her, didn't know what was happening in her body as it sunk in.
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