He can't bring himself to hug her back, but he leans into it, resting his temple against her for just a moment before stepping back and laying a hand first against her hair and then on her shoulder.

"No, not yet you're not. But someday you will leave here, and then you will be. And I will take that day and all that I would give to have stopped it with me to my grave. Seeing you again is a greater blessing than I deserve, and I will do anything, anything, to keep you and James safe."