[Oh. Oh.... of course, that makes sense. Kel presses one hand over his face, hiding it for a moment. Of course he had to- only Aubrey got a general idea of how much Kel missed Hero and even her only got snippets from random commentary mostly tied to Sunny and Basil anyway.]

I'm... sorry. [He wants to run away from the topic, but he did ask Basil to be honest. And the other was so it's only fair to... honesty and communication before anyhing else, since it was something they lacked back then. At least he couuld talk of this since it only involved him and Hero, right?] I miss him. I miss him a lot. It's... he's not been actually fine since.... you know. [The teen crossed his arms, glancing to the side.] So I tend to worry. I... the reason I didn't visit you or Aubrey after... he shut down. Like Sunny did. And my parents kept trying to... pray it away. I guess I turned into the protective brother, there? so... yeah, I guess- I tend to be affectionate with him. More than wrestling like we used to. I'm... really sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I didn't realize you didn't want to be touched or-

[He's jumping to conlusions, there, like an idiot, but he can try not to be touchy. Really. It's instinctive of him to seek contact but he can control himself. There are also no mentions of how he felt or anything, but when he tried to open himself with Sunny- well, that talk in front of mari's grave only got him a blank stare in return...]

Really, I'm so sorry. BUt... Basil? As much as I miss him, I am also oh so happy to be by your side right now, okay? If that makes sense...

[A pause.]

Oh. I heard there's just... it's kind of random what you find. We were just unlucky. Which was probably my fault? I consumed my luck last time.