Given her strained relationship with her actual older brother, Lucy had taken to Roger quite fiercely. If only because he gave her the comfort of knowing that she had someone she could always call on, no matter what. Of course, she did like him. He was quite fun to hang around with and usually understood her better than most.
"As you should," she mused, crossing her arms over her chest. She let a beat pass before asking, "Hey, um, how's your mum doing with all of this?"
She hadn't wanted to bring up such a difficult topic, but she thought she should ask eventually.