Alejo and Isaac, "You should probably eat something."
"You should probably eat something, Isaac."
"Yeah." Isaac runs a hand down his face and heaves a sigh. "Yeah, probably. I'm just not very hungry right now. Maybe later."
"You've been saying that for three days now."
"Really?" Isaac shoots Alejo a perturbed look. "I'm...Sorry. Sorry, cuz, it's just been a really weird few days."
I'll bet, Alejo thinks, but he just pats Isaac on the shoulder.
Hearing that Doc Newt's ill has taken it's toll on the Gottliebs. Nobody's even seen Dr. Gottlieb since Doc Newt...The details are fuzzy, and top secret, as in Alejo couldn't even find out when he accessed his dad's account, and his dad's been chief j-tech for like, thirty years.
But if there's one thing that Alejo knows, it's PPDC secrets.
He's old enough to remember when 'Doc Newt drifted with a kaiju' was novel knowledge, and concerning, and when he had to make monthly trips to Lightcap's lab for brain scans. Isaac, to an extent, and Fox, moreso, have never even existed in a world where Newt wasn't the guy who drifted with a kaiju.
Not that anyone's said Newt's sick because he drifted with a kaiju, and he never got better, he just didn't die right away, but Alejo can infer.
Instead of saying any of this, though, Alejo just gently loops a hand in the crook of Isaac's elbow and leads him to the mess hall. The least he can do for these poor kids is make sure they don't starve to death while they suffer through the knowledge of knowing that their family is sick and might never get better.
