[If he'd been surprised before, this edged closer to shock as Leslie hurtles into his side, his arm coming to rest on Leslie's back more out of surprise. Her strength might be feeble, but there was no mistaking her grip for anything other than as vice-like as it could physically be.]
[Hubert says nothing of the girl's stray tears. After as much as she'd been through, to find an adoptive family in her world and then torn from it to Aefenglom's lands, then once more as Edelgard was returned to Fódlan before she could properly call the girl daughter... It's nothing short of cruelty at such a young age.]
[Silently, Hubert shifts, his grip tightening and bringing his other arm around to properly hold Leslie as she fought her tears and grief, his heart quietly bleeding with hers.]
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[Hubert says nothing of the girl's stray tears. After as much as she'd been through, to find an adoptive family in her world and then torn from it to Aefenglom's lands, then once more as Edelgard was returned to Fódlan before she could properly call the girl daughter... It's nothing short of cruelty at such a young age.]
[Silently, Hubert shifts, his grip tightening and bringing his other arm around to properly hold Leslie as she fought her tears and grief, his heart quietly bleeding with hers.]