Maru: *inches forward, lost in shock* H-how...how are you...?? *frowns suddenly, /stopping/* Is it really /you/ or... *to Deckard* ...or just his body? *"again"*

Deckard: All of him. Someone was able to recover his Super AI chip from that submarine.

Maru: .......*looks back at Kage, still not sure he believes...but DESPERATELY WANTING to*

Kage: *softly* My Super AI was found by an explorer from another planet. He was able to bring me back, rebuild my body. It's really me. *he...he can't help it, he'll put his hand out to Maru.*

Maru:  K-kagerou! *starts forward...then is /darting/ to his brother, hopping into that hand and just...just /staring/...*

Kage: *brings Maru up to his chest and kind of curls around him with a soft buzz of static.* When I woke up, I was told you were- that you w-were... *huffs, unable to make himself say it.*

Maru: *PRESSES himself across Kage's chest, softly*  I was . . . *soft, sudden snicker, ever the humorist*  Now I'm just fun-sized.  * the humor's also partly a coping mechanism for /him/ because OMG KAGE'S ALIVE!*

Deckard: *soft grin at the sight…can't help a snicker at Maru's comment*