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When Nolan Chen peeked into his sister's room he was so ecstatic that he dropped all the morning's quizzes he needed to grade in a panic. "You're up and not stuck to a bed. I love seeing you look healthy for once." He threw his messenger bag into the nightstand and spontaneouy hugged her. Ellie made a keening sound of pain and he lessened the pressure to an agrressive hamdshake which hurt too, but Ellie knew better than to complain. Her brother had never held her hands this tight. The emotions rolling off of him felt very strange to Ellie. He perked up, "So now I'll finally have a big sister again now that you're all better?"