"They're safe. They're okay," Red Son repeated, not shrugging off the hold.

And the relief is...immense. He had been so afraid when he arrived. Afraid what it would do to his parents, his father. He had barely started recovering from the mountain. He knew it wouldn't be good for his mother or him either. To have just escaped those circumstances to be right back into them?

He had been trying to figure out a way around it with the time here. To have certainty they were fine-

That they were saved and didn't have to save themselves-

Perhaps that is why he was allowed his selfishness.

He was blinking rapidly, and his hand moves up, wiping at his eyes. He doesn't want to cry. There is no reason to! Everything is fine!

But he doesn't have to hold onto that fear anymore and its an overwhelming thing.

Except MK was apologizing? "What?" He looks up in confusion. "What are you-why are you apologizing?"