Ed listened and words came to him. Words he felt he should say, no matter how sincere or insincere they were. He had hoped his dad would die more than once, but he was his dad. He thought the same about his mom and his siblings, but he never really meant it. He just never wanted to see them again. He wanted them to be miserable without him, and if he was feeling lonely he could see them. And whatever happened happened. His hand came up to his injured eye and then he heard her crying.

He sat up looking at her in surprise. "H-hey. No need to cry. You're still alive. And.. you're not alone, right? You got me." He was rarely around, he couldn't take care of her, he wouldn't even admit they were best friends. Well, she was his best friend. He wrapped an arm around her in a vain attempt to comfort her.

"Come on... it's ok. People die. Happens a lot. At least you are still young. You got loads of time for new memories and new people to heal your heart. Right? Make new family and all that." If she was an orphan, she could totally get adopted to someone better and live a happy life. Lots of kids didn't have parents and no one wanted them. But Mable was very sweet , who wouldn't want her?