And am I not equaly close to you? Wouldn't I know best how to conceal from your eyes what I did not wish you to see? The truth is that we were both hurt and exhausted by then, neither of us were as sharp and vigilant as we once was when it came to what was going on around us.

[ooc: So true. Mae is the ultimate oldest sibling who thinks everything is his problem to deal with and Mags is the one that internalizes everything as somehow being his fault.]