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"It's okay, champ. Uncle Reed will be your guardian."

"Thank you, Uncle, but…." Hermes raised his head and stared dead serious at Reed's eyes. "Can you be the guardian of my mom and sister too?"

"Your mom and sister?" Reed acted surprised. Of course he knew it was coming. Hermes preferring him as the father figure rather than Clarke for an obvious reason.

Because Reed could be a great father, while Clarke could not. He was a one-track mind kind of person. He wouldn't know how to divide his time between work, duty as a superhero, and family. 

Unlike Reed, who knew the importance of a family bond. 

Because he was also craving for it. As someone who never had a real bond with a family, he found that taking care of Hermes, Artemis, and Gaius gave him that satisfying feeling he was craving for.

The feeling of family warmth.