[ sure. can emotions be as precise as "feeling guilty for accidentally shutting a kid's dead body in the trunk of a car and then driving that car into a lake on a whoopsie" ]
[she doesn't know if she's supposed to; it's a bit different to accept a hug from him when she needs comfort. it feels presumptuous to think that he wants her to do the same.
[ somehow i completely missed your second line there and thought you were just saying she didn't want to!!
well he will hug her back, a bit awkwardly and also unfortunately he still has a lot of gross egg and blood on him so he's out here ruining ANOTHER set of her nice new clothes but it's okay
patting her on the back as if she's the one being comforted. ]
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I ah--
[ hrm. the sadness is back. extreme reluctance to continue, but. ]
The boy was already gone, by the time we found him. So I don't know that it is directly ...
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she pats gerard.]
Well, maybe not that.
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Maybe not.
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...Is there anything I can do?
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It will be alright.
[ oh, he looks over at the little egg on the table. ]
I took that with me. I don't know if it does anything.
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but after a moment of hesitation, she will.]
...Egg.
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[ the emotion is egg. ]
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well he will hug her back, a bit awkwardly and also unfortunately he still has a lot of gross egg and blood on him so he's out here ruining ANOTHER set of her nice new clothes but it's okay
patting her on the back as if she's the one being comforted. ]
It'll be alright.
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she will allow him to comfort her because maybe that's comforting.]
Okay.