[ Well, Matthew has no idea what to do. He opens his mouth, closes it again, and frowns at the table. ]
I don't know.
[ He's really worried now. Ronan said something bad happened, and Matthew doesn't want him to have to carry it around by himself. At the same time, he's too afraid to ask outright, at least for the moment. ]
But Ronan, you're okay, right?
[ He realizes something, and the next question sounds a bit fearful. ]
And Declan?
[ Declan, alone in D.C.; Declan, who got beaten up last summer and kept a gun in his car. Surely he's okay, surely he wouldn't let anything happen. But until Ronan answers Matthew looks at him with wide and anxious eyes; he knows Ronan doesn't like being asked about their older brother but in this case it's got to be allowed, right? ]
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I don't know.
[ He's really worried now. Ronan said something bad happened, and Matthew doesn't want him to have to carry it around by himself. At the same time, he's too afraid to ask outright, at least for the moment. ]
But Ronan, you're okay, right?
[ He realizes something, and the next question sounds a bit fearful. ]
And Declan?
[ Declan, alone in D.C.; Declan, who got beaten up last summer and kept a gun in his car. Surely he's okay, surely he wouldn't let anything happen. But until Ronan answers Matthew looks at him with wide and anxious eyes; he knows Ronan doesn't like being asked about their older brother but in this case it's got to be allowed, right? ]