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Ravio doesn’t remember much of his parents. He remembers his mom use to sing when she cooked, though he could never name the tune, he remembers his dad use to cheer while watching the TV, though he could never remember what sport was on.
He remembers the day they died. He and Hilda had been with a babysitter, who was trying to get Ravio to play with blocks like a normal kid, stacking them and making unstable towers, (Ravio didn’t know why he much preferred sorting the by shape and color). It was about lunch time when the social worker came. Hilda had been helping the baby sitter find something Ravio would eat (the originally planned chicken raps where to mushy and Ravio would not put it in his mouth) when the men came in. Hilda and Ravio were told to wait in the living room while the adults talked. Ravio didn’t mind, he could finish sorting his blocks, but then they came back in. They said their parents were gone, though no one explained where, and that they had to go live somewhere else.
The first foster house was ok. Ravio didn’t like the bright colored rooms but the lady was nice. She didn’t seem to understand why he didn’t want to talk to her (he only spoke to Hilda and their parents) or why he liked food one day but couldn’t have it the next. Hilda stood up for him, she didn’t let any one scare her little brother. They eventually had to leave, Ravio didn’t like it, he had just settled.
It wasn’t until the third or fourth house when he and Hilda where six did they learn what happened to their parents. About the crash and that they were gone. That night in the room Hilda turned to Ravio. “We’ll stick together.” She said, her voice firm dispute the tears in her eyes. “You promise you’ll stay with me, right?” She asked, turning to Ravio, pinky stretched out for a promise. “Always.” Ravio said, reaching out a small hand and locking their pinky’s. Hilda smiled and hugged him, she was the only one who was allowed to.
Nether yet knew of how that promise would be broken, nether knew how much it would break Ravio. In their child innocence nether knew how hard staying together would be.