Merry drew back just a little bit, studying Henry's face with concern wrinkling her brow. Addy had given her two pieces of advice for helping Henry. Let him lead had been the first. The second was keep reminding him you love him. Because the Devil told horrible lies to hurt people, and because Henry struggled with knowing he was loveable. Her cool, rebellious brother... Merry still couldn't understand how she hadn't realised that about him.
She didn't want to know about the terrible things Henry had been through. Just thinking about it scared her. But even more than that, she didn't want Henry to think she could ever love him less. "You don't have to," she said, biting her lip. "But... you're my big brother. That's what I see when I look at you."