Redhawk Caldera mommy's boy

"... M-mommy?" he murmured, eyes widening in surprise. Eljay swallowed difficultly as he looked at his mother's face and blinked, feeling strange. A lot of possible options passed his mind, but the only really logical one was still that she had come back. She looked as tired as he felt, he realised, and he knew that he could not have died because Uncle P and Peter weren't here and his mouth still tasted like gross bugs.

He just stared at her for the longest of time, almost like he was broken, not even sure how he should respond (or perhaps simply not finding the energy to show how happy he was).