The arms around his shoulders are enough of a surprise that Reynir raises his head. It isn't that he hasn't got friends, far from it. But the friends he'd made on the expedition aren't really the hugging type, and his friends back in his village... well he couldn't talk to them about this. They wouldn't like it, and what's more, they wouldn't understand. They'd never been to the Silent World or heard the things Reynir can hear.
So getting that kind of immediate comfort in the form of a hug is unexpected. And when he looks up he notices she's crying. Hard not to, when the tears themselves are tinted red. That's a whole new mystery, but it'll just go in the pile with the grey skin and yellow eyes and the rest of it.
"You're crying."
It's only then that it occurs to him that Ami had asked about Tuuri, but he hadn't mentioned her by name. The only conclusion he can draw is that she knew Tuuri was related to Lalli, or possibly what she looked like from a picture or something. So he asks:
no subject
So getting that kind of immediate comfort in the form of a hug is unexpected. And when he looks up he notices she's crying. Hard not to, when the tears themselves are tinted red. That's a whole new mystery, but it'll just go in the pile with the grey skin and yellow eyes and the rest of it.
"You're crying."
It's only then that it occurs to him that Ami had asked about Tuuri, but he hadn't mentioned her by name. The only conclusion he can draw is that she knew Tuuri was related to Lalli, or possibly what she looked like from a picture or something. So he asks:
"Did Onni or Lalli tell you about her?"