[She lapses into silence as well-- just sitting there with her arms around him. It feels weird, a little-- to be doing this without cracking some joke or other to ease the tension like she so often does. Not that she's incapable of being serious-- hardly. But she's never been the friend that people ran to for comfort, probably because she so often resorted to humor. Still, this is one situation where humor's not the right solution.]
[So she'll just hug. And rock back and forth a little, just because it seems like the thing to do. Motion can be comforting sometimes, right?]
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[So she'll just hug. And rock back and forth a little, just because it seems like the thing to do. Motion can be comforting sometimes, right?]