Ow! Death grip! Watch the death grip! [But despite his protests, all of his resistances have fallen away and he's laugh-crying as he bumps their horns together and entwines his tail in hers, hugging her like she might evaporate in his arms.] I missed you too. So much. [He takes a shuddering, exhilarated breath between clenched teeth. He's going to break here and now if he isn't careful. It's one thing to hear from Nott that all is well since he died.

It's another to see it.] I don't know. I think so? That was the last thing I remembered before I woke up here. At first I thought it was some sort of afterlife? But it's not, so maybe I just got lucky. Ish.