he is sluggish to reciprocate, but not due to hesitance -- and when his arms fold around her in turn, it's... firmly. he can feel the tremble in her shoulders that means she's crying.
...this is the first time a human has cried in grief for his brother.
Abel's feels it... right down in his bones, the single most bittersweet gratitude he's ever known.]
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he is sluggish to reciprocate, but not due to hesitance -- and when his arms fold around her in turn, it's... firmly. he can feel the tremble in her shoulders that means she's crying.
...this is the first time a human has cried in grief for his brother.
Abel's feels it... right down in his bones, the single most bittersweet gratitude he's ever known.]