[The contact isn't entirely surprising at this point, though how she does it is a little unusual for her and it takes only a brief moment to realize she's probably avoiding the empathy bond.
Wearing long sleeves has many benefits, and one of those is that he can pull the ends of his sweater down over his hands and give her a loose hug without any worry of activating the connection.]
It's not weird. I'm sure you have a reason for it.
[Whether the situation in her world is particularly bad and this is now a better place to be, or if there was just something going on she's happy to be away from for a bit, or anything else; it isn't strange to think she might be glad to be here, though it is worrying. But he doesn't press further just yet, letting her explain at her own pace if she wants to.]
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Date: 2020-10-28 12:57 am (UTC)Wearing long sleeves has many benefits, and one of those is that he can pull the ends of his sweater down over his hands and give her a loose hug without any worry of activating the connection.]
It's not weird. I'm sure you have a reason for it.
[Whether the situation in her world is particularly bad and this is now a better place to be, or if there was just something going on she's happy to be away from for a bit, or anything else; it isn't strange to think she might be glad to be here, though it is worrying. But he doesn't press further just yet, letting her explain at her own pace if she wants to.]