_{[ He doesn't shrug the hand away, but he's not doing much with it either. It's just there. ]}

Yeah, I know, but she... she's just a kid, Spock. She's not you, or me, or Katniss, or Natasha, or even flippin' Vegeta. I know you guys can take care of yourselves, but she's...

_{[ She was like his kid sister, his niece like Emil was his "nephew". He had come to care for her, to enjoy having her and Nymeria in this house, a part of their home. The sudden absence was startling in a way the others had not been. ]}