[ He smiles a little, a sad thing in response to the concern obvious in her eyes. He's never going to deny that Mako did the best he could for them both, despite being so young himself, and he couldn't have asked for more from his brother.

But it wasn't enough to make up for their parents; Bolin would carry that loss for the rest of his life. ]

Yeah. Our parents were killed when we were kids.

[ He grimaces a little, rubbing a hand through his hair as he thinks about it. ]

I'm glad I had Mako at least. There's way too many people that end up with nothing because of war.

[ Though it hadn't been war that had taken his parents, but it had orphaned a lot of the people here, both Enprise natives and Heroes alike. ]