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he was about to offer a cheeky remark on this latest tale--he hadn't heard this one, yet--when sunny's face fell yet again, and aditya kept his mouth shut. there was clearly some sour history between the siblings, though they had made up, supposedly. best not to stir that pot. the past was the past, after all.

"i would love to visit easthollow with you," aditya said, smiling. it was clearly where half of the boy's heart lie, though of course part of it was here, too. "i've never been up that way--but have heard nothing but good things."

he thought back to sunny's earlier statement, and he grinned. "getting over your fear of the borders, now?" truth be told, after all that had come to pass, he had more than a little fear of the borders, himself. not the line itself--but what was beyond.