"Yeah."

"Thank you for figuring out what's dangerous."

"Better me than someone who'd die if they exploded," he shrugs.

"I was avoiding saying that because it seemed rude but I was totally thinking it."

Tiro laughs. "It's true, though!"

"The world would be a very different place if everything that was true was polite to say!"

"Okay, you got me there."

"Also," Luvei says, "the bare words, spoken initially by someone else, might imply that just because it doesn't do lasting damage means that it doesn't matter if you're hurt."

"Well. Yeah. There's that."

"I don't think it doesn't matter that you got hurt but it seems obviously worth it."

"I don't like getting hurt, but it is temporary and death isn't."

"Exactly."

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm - I'll be fine. I think I'm having some trouble adjusting to not being the only person on the planet anymore. I... wasn't having much fun being the only person on the planet."

"Are you the kind of person who's comfortable with hugs from near-strangers, because that is sad and I kind of want to hug you comfortingly."

"...I will accept comforting hugs."

Hugs!

Comfort!

She eventually unhugs and stands up again. (He is not tall enough to stand up while hugging.)

"You're really tall," remarks Tiro.

She looks at Luvei, who's eight feet seven inches, and Kaleith, who's six feet eight inches. "I'm not unusually tall given what species my parents are."

"Yes, but neither of your parents has ever hugged me."

"This is true."