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[Oh... that caught him a little off-guard, but he's quick to snap out of it and wrap his arms around her, pulling her close, his grip tight. He can feel the tension she'd kept close to her chest before, and can only imagine the sort of stress she'd been under all this time, torn away from her entire support structure, her home, all of it. Even with the others here, her not being entirely alone, it isn't enough. Wishing he'd come sooner can't change anything, but at least going forward he can try to make up for it as best as he can.]

There'd better not be a next time.

[He'll destroy anyone and anything that tries to separate them like this again.]