[ To Naminé's credit, she only flinched half as noticeably as she would have when she first arrived in Asgard. Still, the way her words ended up turning into a strangled little noise of surprise as Terezi unexpectedly darted toward her was telling, and the blonde was stiff as a board as the other girls wrapped her arms around her. Hugging was not exactly a Naminé thing, either. ]
-- Um.
[ But it was clearly not Terezi's doing - voluntarily at least - and in any case it was Terezi, so presently the blonde's shoulders began to sink again, albeit in small measures. One arm lifted, paused, sort of hovered for a moment, and then... set... a hand on Terezi's shoulder? As if stuck somewhere between reciprocating the hug out of duty despite its peculiarity and going 'there, there' instead. ]
Pretty weird, [ she agreed, then seemed to feel as though she ought to find some way to make this easier on Terezi. ] But it's better than going swimming again, isn't it?
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-- Um.
[ But it was clearly not Terezi's doing - voluntarily at least - and in any case it was Terezi, so presently the blonde's shoulders began to sink again, albeit in small measures. One arm lifted, paused, sort of hovered for a moment, and then... set... a hand on Terezi's shoulder? As if stuck somewhere between reciprocating the hug out of duty despite its peculiarity and going 'there, there' instead. ]
Pretty weird, [ she agreed, then seemed to feel as though she ought to find some way to make this easier on Terezi. ] But it's better than going swimming again, isn't it?
[ Clearly that was meant to be encouraging. ]