"...What?"

"If I had just found out something that might make you very, very angry, and if at least one person thought that making you that angry might lead to humans going extinct, should I tell you that something anyway?"

He snorts. "Yeah."

She turns her desk to face him and bows her head.

She waits.

"If I do save humanity," he says, far too lightly, "then they'll give me these guys' heads on a platter when I ask."

"You can pin them to your uniform with all your medals," agrees Aegis.

He laughs.

Aegis sets her desk aside and hugs him tight.

Somehow, his giggles metamorphose into sobs.

"You're okay, you're okay," she murmurs, "or you'll be okay, it'll be okay."

Sue clings.

"You'll be okay," she repeats. "You're not as breakable as that guy thinks you are and you'll be okay."

"I know," he says. "Hurts, though."

"Can I help?" she asks, hugging harder.

"You are," he says, hugging back.

"Yeah, but - could I be doing it better?"

"Well - if you think of anything - lemme know." Cuddles.

"I will," he murmurs.

"Good."