How do you fix that sorta situation or make it better? There’s no real answer for it besides get rid of the brother, and that’s not really Astrid’s go-to solution in this scenario. Annoyingly, you can’t even offer to punch him, because at the end of the day it is the parents’ fault —

“At least you’re here instead now,” she offers, weakly, although she knows it’s feeble consolation. Riftwatch isn’t a magisterdom. Magistership? Whichever.