[He actually can feel things despite the lack of nerve endings; literal magic is good for things like that.
That said, though, he'll actually...return the hugging, sort of, even if it's awkward and he kind of sucks at it and his grip goes really tight after a moment.]
You... You don't have to worry about me, sweetheart, I'll be all right. It's just hard right now, that's all. But it's...nothing I can't manage eventually. It'll be fine.
[The usual conviction isn't behind it, though; they're words to fill space, more or less, the sort of automatic things that people say because they need something to say in the first place.]
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That said, though, he'll actually...return the hugging, sort of, even if it's awkward and he kind of sucks at it and his grip goes really tight after a moment.]
You... You don't have to worry about me, sweetheart, I'll be all right. It's just hard right now, that's all. But it's...nothing I can't manage eventually. It'll be fine.
[The usual conviction isn't behind it, though; they're words to fill space, more or less, the sort of automatic things that people say because they need something to say in the first place.]