[ --But in a way that that same shock shatters. In an instant, she throws her arms around him. It's different from her usual embraces, not in that it is any less meaningful or grateful, but that it has an added layer to it. It's celebratory. ]
--Noct!
[ C'mere for a hug, you, except it's not one that lasts too long, excited and happy as she is. She goes between hugging him to pulling away to look at him, then to hugging him once more, to dropping her arms around him to take both of his hands and hold them in hers for a series of excited squeezes, as if she can't exactly decide what to do with her arms and hands. She looks a mess from the battle, but her breathlessness comes not only from the fight but from joy. ]
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--Noct!
[ C'mere for a hug, you, except it's not one that lasts too long, excited and happy as she is. She goes between hugging him to pulling away to look at him, then to hugging him once more, to dropping her arms around him to take both of his hands and hold them in hers for a series of excited squeezes, as if she can't exactly decide what to do with her arms and hands. She looks a mess from the battle, but her breathlessness comes not only from the fight but from joy. ]