He's smiling at Steven, one of his usual put-on smiles instead of the real ones he's been showing Steven lately. And then he's hit with the hollow echo feeling... A memory of his familiarity with those items. A memory of a photo taken with that camera, a feeling of pure sentiment, of family. With Philip and Shotaro, and a girl he doesn't know the name of, but who is as familiar to him as his sisters are now.

And he can't help it, even though he wanted to show a good face, even though he's good at controlling his emotions... At least for a 16-year-old... He breaks into tears, they fall past his still-pasted-on smile and he gives a short, sharp sob.

His voice goes shrill as he insists, "It's nothing, don't worry, I'm sorry!"