He laughed at her over-excited reaction, patting her head gently to calm her down. "Jeeze, calm down sis... all this yelling and bouncing around isn't good for your blood pressure." He knew. Only a twice-damned<em>dunce</em>coudln't pick up on Sveta's less-then-subtle crush on her brother. But... he was - above everything else - a good brother, and pretended not to notice. He put a finger to her lips to quiet her rambling. "Relax, sis. They're not going to reassign me. I'm too valuable as an instructor to risk the front lines. Besides... they can't send me overseas, because I have you. With mom and dad gone, they can't just send me anywhere." He removed his finger, his sister sufficiently relaxed.<br/><br/>He laughed slightly at her. "Sure thing, sis... you're such a sucker for that, aren't you?" It was one of the only ways she could calm down down right. He took a seat on her bed and patted his lap. "Come on." She would always hop up onto his lap when he'd sing, it was comforting to be so close to his heartbeat. And he sung (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH_RlepY3GQ), just like he had countless times before. He had a rough speaking voice, but damn did he kill the melody that this song demanded.