“I - ” He was about to insist that he did, that he was fine as always, but the embrace seemed to soothe something in him, a chill that he hadn’t even realized had been there until this moment.

So he took a breath, really taking the time to figure out how he was feeling. “I… I think so.” Hesitantly his arms came around her to return the embrace, and even that seemed to help warm the feeling inside him. “Better now, I think.”