[His stomach instantly drops, distress clear on his face as he takes in Chloe's words. Any fidgeting comes to a cold halt.]
... My mum's family's in Hyderabad. [His geography isn't the best, and his mum never talked much about India, but he's held onto some things. Just enough to pick out Telangana on a map, and recognize some words of Urdu. He remembers the pictures of his cousins, though, tucked away in his parents' closet. Smiling kids his own age, who he would only ever know on photo paper.] Is- is it okay over there?
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... My mum's family's in Hyderabad. [His geography isn't the best, and his mum never talked much about India, but he's held onto some things. Just enough to pick out Telangana on a map, and recognize some words of Urdu. He remembers the pictures of his cousins, though, tucked away in his parents' closet. Smiling kids his own age, who he would only ever know on photo paper.] Is- is it okay over there?