[ he probably needs this hug so bad i'm gonna be real. he leans a little into it, and then a little further. okay. ]

I can't say that I'm all that surprised by that. [ very softly again - there's fondness to it, too, because that open lovingness is a very, very positive trait, but still, something is troubling him, and clearly so.

deep breath. in, and out. ]

... I don't know. To bring the true story of an event to light is important - to me, perhaps more important than many things. To bring justice, or at least closure, when someone was taken away so violently - closure is more than many people get to have.

But... I don't know that it sits well with me, to take the agency of someone away, either.