#But he always hugs Richas I think I just took that for granted

[shikai-the-storyteller]

Thinking about Bad and Mike's discussion about hugging, specifically this quote—

Mike: Sometimes, when you're hugging someone, you can let your emotions out, you know? You feel... how can I explain... [...] Sometimes we all need a hug. Sometimes like, I don't know, sometimes when you have lots of problems on your mind, sometimes you give your loved one a hug and it gives them relief, you know? I think so, at least. * (Very approximate translation)

— and how it applies to q!Tazercraft.

Do you ever think about young q!Tazercraft fresh out of the orphanage with no one else but each other? Little Pac wrapping his arms around Mike and holding him as they fall asleep, them going from place to place to find shelter in abandoned shacks and buildings and huddling under the same blanket out of necessity but also because it's comforting to know someone else is there? Pac and Mike never growing out of this habit, especially after the events in prison and the kidnappings on the Island, always finding reason to stay near each other, always bumping shoulders and elbows or casually throwing an arm around each others' shoulders. Always tactile, always so expressive with their love through hugs and physical touch... :(