"It is. I've been too vocal about speaking out against them and what they do. The best way to hurt someone who isn't afraid of death is to hurt those he cares about instead. I should have realized they'd know that."

He wraps his arms around her properly, curling them into her long hair, getting reacquainted with what it's like to hold her. He'd been trying to ignore how much he missed her, and now it's all crashing down at once, on top of all the horror and hurt he feels at seeing her here at all.