Herobrine always considered Steve his mortal but since Steve was practically spiritual in a sense would that make him immortal or is he a mortal spirit in his plane of existence but that's something he learned when Steve felt down and in his more sadder moods he would feel little to everyone including himself and he tries to hide it though Herobrine finds ways to figure out what's bothering Steve just like how Steve dearly misses his mother he lost at a young age and how he used to never see any ounce of love but now he has James who was like a Brother and Herobrine who was his boyfriend and it blended perfectly and Steve feels loved and hopes to not ruin it by showing anything depressing but what Steve had to deal with at a young age can really fuck up your mental health so James and Herobrine take Steve's health seriously especially if Steve falls asleep during one of his mental breakdowns but in the long run it helps to learn Steve and what triggers them for his safety alone as well as his psyche which if they're not careful can make Steve snap but they've been careful and comforting Steve hence Herobrine was thinking of just keeping the mobs away from Steve but that isn't going to work because he needed to teach Steve combat to survive while James is teaching him about hunting and so far Steve was doing alright though it does show concern when Steve shows hesitation and concern but it shows he does care about things around him especially when it came to a skeleton once where Steve didn't kill and the Skeleton was confused especially when Steve stated that it was a good duel and let the skeleton live which was new to him since like James and others they hunt the mobs as well but Steve doesn't feel like it's hunting he rather would dual then do that to the mobs and information spreads in the nether much quicker then the overworld so they probably know Steve exists and it means that when they learn who Steve is they'll probably question if he is a mob or a human but there was and interesting event with a creeper where Steve fazed through a tree and that isn't normal in Minecraftia so it scared the creeper a lot and what happened spread like wildfire and not just in the nether but the overworld knows and Steve is getting stressed because other people are trying to find him especially Aiden who Herobrine hates due to what happened in the past and he made sure to make Aiden think he was dead but he's got a hunch that Aiden knows because of how coordinated the mobs are so he decided to use pilagers, vindicators, witches and especially the new mob which is the ravager for raids to make it interesting however it made things a little tricky but he got a pleasing event to happen and it made his enemy busy but James also protects a village that's just on the other end of the lake that was south of him while Steve decided to live southwest of James so he expects James's arrival but when he noticed someone else he didn't like it and told Steve and because of the events with the tree and with the skeleton it was causing Steve to stress out and almost panic and Herobrine can't be around so he said he would get James and return to which is what happened and James was talking to who was around and it appears to be a wondering trader but there was someone Herobrine did not expect to be out here and it was Aiden so he stayed on the down low and it seems James was really good at keeping a good conversation flowing though Aiden seems to be curious yet suspicious of Steve but he hasn't even met Steve yet so Aiden thought it would be a good idea to meet Steve to which James said that Steve gets really stressed due to a parent's death and the others disownment at a really young age and Aiden seem to understand how it can make someone not really in the mood to talk about and unable to see mobs as targets and when James told him about being Steve's adoptive brother who has to make sure Steve is mentally alright before anyone meets him though some may even call him a curse around here because of how he looks to which Aiden looked upset "no one is a curse... except for Herobrine..." was all Aiden said "but my brother looks like him but there are different features..." James replied and Aiden seem to think "is it alright if I meet him if he's up to it?" Aiden askes "I'll have to check and ask Steve... we don't know if all these negatives might make him snap or not and he doesn't want to burden anyone...." James answered then went inside to ask Steve who hesitated but decided to give Aiden a benefit of a doubt and Aiden nods when given the message though Herobrine can't do anything if he didn't want Aiden to know he's alive and James picked up on that quickly though Steve has no idea why Herobrine was hiding but James whispered why when Aiden left after giving a final message "if you need anything I'll be it the village not far from here... the one James guards..." and Steve nods but was hesitant and Aiden seem to give Steve an almost father like instinct and it was weird to Herobrine because of it but he was thankful that Aiden left as well as the wondering trader to come out of hiding and Steve hugs him and Herobrine held Steve close "that timing Herobrine was something..." James says and Herobrine seemed to only nod "why do others want to me meet me so bad...?" Steve asks "probably because of the incidents... I think..." James replies and Herobrine didn't say anything in case Aiden was around and James fills in on what was going on between Aiden and Herobrine and Steve nods because humans tend to do things that can anger a god especially the nether god himself but Steve doesn't want to get into Herobrine's business because it didn't involve him but he didn't quite understand why he would be a curse to the villagers and such but he did resemble Herobrine so that alone can make someone think he's a curse but Aiden said that no one is a curse due to appearances because they have to physically be cursed for deeds but Steve still didn't feel like meeting anymore people and James and Herobrine nod in agreement when Steve said something about it "how about you rest Steve..." James says and Steve nods going back inside "your probably going to need to tell Steve about what happened with you and Aiden at some point... and I know you two hate eachother and no romance was between you and Aiden I can tell by your expression showing disgust..." James says "I would rather date Steve then even think of dating Aiden..." Herobrine growls and James knew that but Steve was hesitant to even say much to Aiden but the fatherly talk from Aiden was something.