He was pleased she seemed happy with the food. He did good, he was getting better at this. It was what he wanted, to conceal what he was better, not be so ‘weird’. Time would tell though how good he would be at it. Out of all his siblings he thought he was the one that was most like his mother… he took on her ways in his own ways and perhaps that was why she had vanished too. She was weird… weirdness wasn’t acceptable to most… even family at times. Perhaps he should vanish too, perhaps it would be easier to do so rather than try to fit in. Erebos figured though he wanted to try.

She confirmed that she did get in an argument with her pieced up friends. He felt sorry for her, sorry that they were no longer close to her as his friends were to him. But even his friends left ”Get new friends… in time. Friends come and go, Erebos will help get new friends if sister Ehiyeh wants?” It was an invitation, not for now of course but someday. They could get her new things to keep around but it seemed soon she would have something different to keep around too. In time at least. For the moment he simply wanted to make her feel better. That was something family did, and despite his lack of interaction with them he did feel a special connection with his family even if he wasn’t exactly around them all the time. They were bound by blood, perhaps that was all it was.

She asked him though how he would make it better. Really it was a confusing thing to ask, he didn’t really know himself but he figured he would try regardless. She seemed so defeated so sad, he wanted to make it better somehow even if he himself wasn’t exactly sure how himself. She began to speak, doubting him of all things, with that his brows furrowed. ”Just because Erebos cannot see doesn’t mean he does not feel.” He started, ”No one, sister, not even Father Eden, can turn back time. This is impossible… Erebos is certain there are other ways to make it better.”

He lumbered towards her then, not stopping until he was pressed up against her, then leaning into her then placing almost all his weight into her a crushing cuddle. ”Mother used to do this… it makes it better.” Cuddling when they were upset, scared hurt. It was only a short time they had her but it was something he learned. Being crushed in this weird embrace was nice when it was from family. Anyone else and perhaps it would have been annoying or downright terrifying. He didn’t know why but it made him feel closer to her somehow, it felt nice in a weird way this cuddling. ”Erebos is bad at it but he does care about Sister Ehiyeh, about Father Eden and brother Elohim too. Even if Erebos is bad at being around, still cares.”