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Originally Posted by
neaped 
"How's your brother?" Hugo asked carefully. Didn't want to step on her toes, there. He looked over to her trunk. "Oh don't worry. This year's gonna be awesome!" he said with a smile on his face.
Oh. Ellie looked down at the ground and bit her lip.
"He, er... He's gone. He passed away just last week." She said quietly, looking back up at Hugo.
"But don't worry about it." Ellie added quickly.
"It's not like you could have known." She said with a shrug and a half smile. Ellie liked his enthusiasm.
"I hope you're right!"