( He gets a one armed hug back, and another hand on his leg. Not in any sort of investigative or interesting way -- it's balancing for her, and contact on top of that. ) They couldn't risk getting us addicted. It messes up your whole system, those kinds of things, we'd be worthless for testing and the rest of what they did do to us. It turned out okay. People came back pretty much okay.
( It's her attempt at reassurance. She's milking her own with the half-hug and hand on leg contact. )
So give your brain a little rest, hmm? Some downtime before it starts working on the next slew of possibilities, smart guy. ( Her voice is lighter again, hinting at the tease, refraining from a huff of laughter. What she really wants to say is: ) Thank you for worrying. Sorry that you had reason to, but... thank you, too.
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( He gets a one armed hug back, and another hand on his leg. Not in any sort of investigative or interesting way -- it's balancing for her, and contact on top of that. ) They couldn't risk getting us addicted. It messes up your whole system, those kinds of things, we'd be worthless for testing and the rest of what they did do to us. It turned out okay. People came back pretty much okay.
( It's her attempt at reassurance. She's milking her own with the half-hug and hand on leg contact. )
So give your brain a little rest, hmm? Some downtime before it starts working on the next slew of possibilities, smart guy. ( Her voice is lighter again, hinting at the tease, refraining from a huff of laughter. What she really wants to say is: ) Thank you for worrying. Sorry that you had reason to, but... thank you, too.