[ ...she reaches out to touch his newfound horns. she knows getting a corruption ( or ten ) kind of sucks, but she can't help but think that the horns and the scales suit him. he reminds her more of herself, and that earns a small smile. ]

[ and she doesn't blame him for wanting to not think about all the stuff he endured. it was much easier to pretend to be fine and focus on everybody & everything else, because bad time. ]

I... I don't like letting people down. [ her tentacles come up around him to hold him in place against her. ] Especially when they mean so much to me. And I would never want her to lay a hand on you. [ she would sooner lay all her carefully laid plans to rest to make an attempt on lilith's life if that bitch so much as tried to fuck with lance. ]

No, not necessarily. [ cracks a smile, tired smile. ] This is, like, another Tuesday for me. Nothing... new...

I have a place nearby if you want to just... rest for a while then... I'm pretty exhausted... [ and she's really not sure how much longer she could still be standing. ]