[Her thumb strokes against his cheek for a moment, but then Cass takes her hand away and just hugs Cassel again. She's going to have to force herself to get used to this sort of thing, but it's not so difficult when it's Cassel. His are closed, he's letting her touch him, it's as vulnerable as she's ever seen him willingly be and she can't just leave him to struggle through what he's feeling on his own.]
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[Her thumb strokes against his cheek for a moment, but then Cass takes her hand away and just hugs Cassel again. She's going to have to force herself to get used to this sort of thing, but it's not so difficult when it's Cassel. His are closed, he's letting her touch him, it's as vulnerable as she's ever seen him willingly be and she can't just leave him to struggle through what he's feeling on his own.]