[A lot of people had come and gone in this place. Ken disappeared, Tetsuo ran off, Charlie was ported out. Quill and Kasumi stopped visiting.
You start to notice a pattern on who goes where. And when all signs pointed to Maya being ported, it was like his heart sank to his stomach. Something he denied even to himself until now, when she walks over to him to investigate.
It's immediate, the way his arms wrap around her waist and shoulder, pulling back up to...pull her off the ground in a hug.
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You start to notice a pattern on who goes where. And when all signs pointed to Maya being ported, it was like his heart sank to his stomach. Something he denied even to himself until now, when she walks over to him to investigate.
It's immediate, the way his arms wrap around her waist and shoulder, pulling back up to...pull her off the ground in a hug.
She's here.
She's safe.
He didn't fail someone again.]