[Not weird in the slightest! It's the same kind of hug that any big brother would give to a younger sibling or something.]
[Kieran stands back to allow room for Ami to pull out her paper and hand it to him. He holds it for a good while, trying to make out what it says. His brow furrows as he catches what few letters he knows and does his best to match the appropriate phonemes. Ben's been doing a pretty good job in teaching Kieran how to read, but it's a lot of catch-up that needs to be done in less-than-ideal circumstances.]
[It doesn't help that handwritten words are considerably more difficult to read than perfectly symmetrical print. It's not Ami's fault! It's just the nature of things, alas.]
no subject
[Kieran stands back to allow room for Ami to pull out her paper and hand it to him. He holds it for a good while, trying to make out what it says. His brow furrows as he catches what few letters he knows and does his best to match the appropriate phonemes. Ben's been doing a pretty good job in teaching Kieran how to read, but it's a lot of catch-up that needs to be done in less-than-ideal circumstances.]
[It doesn't help that handwritten words are considerably more difficult to read than perfectly symmetrical print. It's not Ami's fault! It's just the nature of things, alas.]
[He looks up from the paper and smiles.]
Sounds like fun! Did you set it up yerself?