She looked at them dumbfounded. It didn't register to her yet what her son was saying, Jin had been out of their lives for so long that she never expected to hear about him again.
Not that she had lost hope, all the lower district people knew about the mysterious disappearances and once someone vanished they were never found again.
"Jin? It's not Jin, it can't be him." She said mechanically, not really in control of what she was saying or thinking.
"I'm so sorry mum." He moved in to hug her, but she was still processing it. Everything had gone blank for her.
All of them wore gloomy expressions. Like children being scolded, they didn't quite know how to insert themselves into the conversation but they decided to leave it to Hiro. As much as he said he couldn't lie to her, he was doing a pretty good job keeping himself composed.
"Jin isn't dead, he's just missing, just missing." She said her mind not all there yet.
