"Are you - worried someone you know will be next?"

"Um. Mostly I'm worried I- wished this into happening? That sounds kinda dumb when I say it out loud..."

"You didn't." Tight hug. 

"Still feels bad..."

"You'd stop it if you could, wouldn't you?"

"Yeah."

"Then you're not at fault. In any way."

"I hope that's true."

"I'll help you stop it," she says, voice soft and distant. 

Dani turns more fully into the hug. "Thanks."

Snuggle. 

"Don't thank me, I - there's a lot I won't be able to do to help, and - "

She coughs suddenly, then swallows a few times. 

"Are you okay?"

"...Yeah."

"Okay." Hug.

Hug.

"...Sorry. I was trying to comfort you..."

"It can be a two way thing.

"I suppose it can." Kiss!

Kiss!

Dani should take a break from this if nothing else... Refresh her mind. 

An hour or two probably won't hurt...

Not the investigation, at least. 

Ooooh.

Something Dani's interested in? 

It is.

Then...

Chomp!