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[The hug was completely unexpected, forcing her to almost go rigid in surprise while her mind fought between the two forces that were her natural flight instincts, and the dawning that the person holding on so tightly was Mithos. But it only made sense that the latter would win out as the aura of sadness, and what she thought was loneliness began to overtake her. She'd noticed it before the other times she had come to visit, but he probably held back or it was harder to because there were other people there...

There's no avoiding holding him back just as tightly, burying her face in his shoulder as she squeezed her eyes shut. Mithos had needed her, and she had taken too long to fulfill that request as she tries to will some of that sadness into herself. To ease his burden.]