Spice Water

She found it funny how he acted just like her in things like this, and then a question surfaced in her mind about where he hadn't acted like this in the past.

Alex sighed, glanced over his shoulder, and then said, "You are right; what I think is useless. Let's go."

Alex then walked forward, moving first. Emily followed behind him.

Seeing his broad back from behind, which looked hunched by burden, Emily thought to herself, 'Did he do that for me and Mom? 

Both of us were in a slump at that time; we even fought each other. If he also acted like us, I cannot imagine how our family would be now.'

This made Emily realize how much of a burden her brother had carried all this time. And now he is someone burdened with resurrecting a whole species. 

God knows what kind of things he will face in the future.