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[ oh, oh. alois is quietly sympathetic. it's a very internal sort of it, but it may very well leak out through the softening of eyes. it's not that he cares about other people, it's that it's really easy to relate. though, that this boy looks like he's at an age stuck between 'jim and luca macken' and 'alois trancy' might be making alois feel a bit softer than he would ordinarily.
it's hard to be kind to just anyone, after all. even when you do have to act polite.
a large part of him wants to say, 'I miss Luca very much,' but that would be revealing too much, things that can't be revealed, and digging jim macken back out of his grave. jim macken is dead. if he does mention family, it'll have to be Father and that 'mother' he's never even met before.
so, rather than answering he only asks, ] You're missing yours right now, aren't you?