[ Herpaderp, he's definitely caught off guard by the hug attack! Maybe it's a little (a lot) unusual for someone who just met him, but since she keeps acting like she's in shock or something, and with the way she's talking, he wonder if she's lost people close to her this way. That thought kind of breaks his heart and he hugs her back, but he tries to untangle himself again after a moment. ]

Then it will be up to us to remind them why they shouldn't. None of this is their fault. The person named Mithos is responsible for this, and I want to find out why, but first we need to find a way to reach him...without needless killing.

[ A beat. ]

We shouldn't be here. The city's been abandoned for a reason. [ He's more okay with risking his own neck than someone else's, and looking around while they've spoken has made him about a thousand times more depressed and anxious. ]