[Ferdinand cries out startled as Hubert jerks him inside with such urgency, and then before he can do anything else, it's Hubert who squeezes him into an embrace instead, and with as much vigor as though he might lose him again if he isn't secured. Then he chides him, though the insults bounce off of him. At the heart of it, they're wrought of the deep concern that was evident in the messages he'd been sent, and sympathy soaks him again.
Well... even though he was beaten to it, he's still going to enfold him into an embrace of his own. There is nothing he can really do to avoid doing what he did to him, plunging him into a sense of futility. But the important thing right now is]
I am here. One way or another, within my own ability, I will try not to put you through that again.
[It does feel... quite nice, to be ensconced against him this way. He takes a moment to stroke his back in long, gentle sways, his other arm rising up the nape of his neck to cup the back of his head buried against his shoulder as if to encourage him to stay as long as he likes.]
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Well... even though he was beaten to it, he's still going to enfold him into an embrace of his own. There is nothing he can really do to avoid doing what he did to him, plunging him into a sense of futility. But the important thing right now is]
I am here. One way or another, within my own ability, I will try not to put you through that again.
[It does feel... quite nice, to be ensconced against him this way. He takes a moment to stroke his back in long, gentle sways, his other arm rising up the nape of his neck to cup the back of his head buried against his shoulder as if to encourage him to stay as long as he likes.]