[Cliff nods in understanding, because surely it was just the same situation as it was with him and Oscar: trust made it okay, but sometimes you just really wanted to not. Such friends!!]
Here -- [because it's best to demonstrate how little you actually needed, when it was otherwise weird, but he doesn't move too quickly. He just shuffles one foot over and tilts it to nudge the corner of his shoe against Héctor's foot, as long as he lets him. Maybe like an inch's worth of contact in total. Much better than an offer to hold hands.]
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Here -- [because it's best to demonstrate how little you actually needed, when it was otherwise weird, but he doesn't move too quickly. He just shuffles one foot over and tilts it to nudge the corner of his shoe against Héctor's foot, as long as he lets him. Maybe like an inch's worth of contact in total. Much better than an offer to hold hands.]