There was a long pause before the skunk gave in and slipped both of her arms around eir middle, burying her face against eir shoulder. “I do not know,” she said, voice muffled. “I thought that I would be, was going to say that I would be, but I really do not know.”
Ey rested eir chin atop her head. “Well, I don’t think I’ll be gone all that long, five minutes, tops, but if you need, just send a ping and I’ll be right back.”
“I am not expecting anything so dramatic, my dear. I will stay here and try to de-stress. True Name still has about half an hour left of…well, whatever it is that she is doing.”
+Ey tightened eir arms around the skunk for a squeeze, kissed her atop the head,then stepped back. “All the same, just stay safe, alright?”
+She sniffled and nodded. “You too, my dear. Good luck, and do not die.”