[It's a different sort of hug but it's still a fantastic one. As though it could be anything less with the pair of them being so well-versed and whatnot. He may very well be taking advantage of the closeness to smell, but it wasn't the initial point of it. Just a happy sort of relief and letting some of the awkwardness bleed out of things - staying in the moment through conscious physical awareness instead of letting the mind wander forward.
It is a while before he hears her whisper. The sentences seem to be less alarming as she continues on with them, although there's a sort of reluctance to move in addition to considering things that prevents an answer for a couple of seconds. His isn't so much a whisper - doubt he can actually do that when it isn't something lives depend on - but it is quiet.] Okay.
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It is a while before he hears her whisper. The sentences seem to be less alarming as she continues on with them, although there's a sort of reluctance to move in addition to considering things that prevents an answer for a couple of seconds. His isn't so much a whisper - doubt he can actually do that when it isn't something lives depend on - but it is quiet.] Okay.