Vic was waiting on the porch with the same fatigued, worried look he'd had for most of the last week. It had been constant at first, but he was getting so caught up with taking care of Kirby that it was easier to forget about the reason for it for a few minutes at a time, and just focus on the present, and so he only seemed to relax when he was with Kirby or Milo. And now this - what had happened to his big brother?
"Hey, Marvel." He gave a small smile and waved awkwardly. Echo had been snorting around in the grass on the other side of the porch and came trotting over as he heard someone new come up. His tail wagged rapidly and it became clear that even though he was nearly fully grown now, he still thought and acted very much like a friendly puppy.
"You.. shit, you really are young, aren't you. It's not just your powers." He rubbed his engagement ring with his thumb without realizing he was doing it, his new go-to stress relieving tic. "You wanna come inside? We can talk - just not super loud, because Kirby's upstairs. Asleep." Maybe she wouldn't want to know about where the kid came from. Maybe she'd just assume and he wouldn't have to tell that story.