No, no he will not put those eyebrows down, thank you very much. Caleb's father is being his traditionally nearly silent self, clinging to the afterlife much like he clung to the real thing before Caleb's birthday; sobbing women are a different situation entirely.
"So this is...your mom." Okay, that's...upsetting. Like really upsetting, and Caleb's first thought is to wonder if she'd be happier if Chase, like..., hugged her, or something, and he's half a second from suggesting it when he remembers this is Chase he's talking to, and he probably wouldn't hug anyone.
Much less his dead mother. "Oh," is what he settles on, expression twisting into sympathetic unhappiness. She's still crying, and Caleb doesn't want to be rude but he also has no idea what to say to her. 'Sorry about your son. At least he's alive' doesn't seem like the best idea.
Speaking of: "Did you have to go to the hospital here?"
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"So this is...your mom." Okay, that's...upsetting. Like really upsetting, and Caleb's first thought is to wonder if she'd be happier if Chase, like..., hugged her, or something, and he's half a second from suggesting it when he remembers this is Chase he's talking to, and he probably wouldn't hug anyone.
Much less his dead mother. "Oh," is what he settles on, expression twisting into sympathetic unhappiness. She's still crying, and Caleb doesn't want to be rude but he also has no idea what to say to her. 'Sorry about your son. At least he's alive' doesn't seem like the best idea.
Speaking of: "Did you have to go to the hospital here?"