[ It is. It didn't begin as one, per see, more just a forced movement, but once the girl seems to tense up and then release the tension all in one go, the smaller and older vampire knows what she needs to do. Rin's a strong girl, impossibly capable and smart. But there's a certain fragility there that she wanted to assist with, and to that end, she'd barged on in.
She didn't know what she expected or even intended, really, but the movement now feels natural as she gently takes her arms around the girl - or well, one arm around her and the other up to the girl's scalp to gently scratch it with her nails and to keep it on her, Elda's, shoulder.
For better or worse, Kirei was this girl's guardian. For all of the persnickety talk, that leaves an impression, and now he's dead. What's more that man killed her real father, based on that last admission. And now she was denied even vengeance, or at least real vengeance. Elda...
Well, she doesn't precisely relate, but she doesn't need to, really. It's not like Sayaka, she's not the girl's mother, not even close. But she is an older woman, a more experienced one. And it seems right to be supportive now. ]
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She didn't know what she expected or even intended, really, but the movement now feels natural as she gently takes her arms around the girl - or well, one arm around her and the other up to the girl's scalp to gently scratch it with her nails and to keep it on her, Elda's, shoulder.
For better or worse, Kirei was this girl's guardian. For all of the persnickety talk, that leaves an impression, and now he's dead. What's more that man killed her real father, based on that last admission. And now she was denied even vengeance, or at least real vengeance. Elda...
Well, she doesn't precisely relate, but she doesn't need to, really. It's not like Sayaka, she's not the girl's mother, not even close. But she is an older woman, a more experienced one. And it seems right to be supportive now. ]
There, there. It'll be okay.