[ he laughs a little brighter, shrugging. ]

I'm not so little anymore, either. I've grown an inch you know. Not sure how, but that's an inch I didn't have before!

[ he shrugs a little bit, laughing, the darkness that once took control of his features before now completely gone. ]

Huh, I guess not. I don't know that we ever really were, not after mom died. [ he shrugs, thinking of how young they were, how much pain they suffered. ] It has to be weird for you to see the world from my height now, huh?