The way she shelters against him is as heartwarming as ever, drawing Tetsuo's attention away from their downed enemy once more--just in time to get nearly toppled over by Aoi leaping into the huddle as well.
"Geh?! E-.. aheheh..."
Despite the urge to be greedy with Shiho and keep holding her tightly to him, he reluctantly loosens his hold enough for her friends to get their hugs in without him getting in the way. That reminder of how many people she has watching her back and protecting her who obviously care deeply for her is reassuring, as well, especially since they definitely have the means to back it up when needed. One arm stays loosely curled around her, though, unless she pulls away from him, the other hand raised to ruffle his hair as he glances over to Kagari.
"Eh..? ...yeah, guess that's th'way, ain't it..."
He doesn't exactly adore the idea of having to trust in the authorities to handle this sort of thing, especially when he's pretty sure some "authorities" are tangled up with the badguys, but he doesn't really have a better idea of what Shiho and her friends could do. Running their own esper prison or whatever else would probably be a huge mess and terrible in ways he hasn't really thought through.
"...is, uh... ev'rybody else a'right?"
He takes a second to sit up a little more and look around. Now that Shiho's safe, he can remember that, oh yeah, other people exist and may have been in danger or something.
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"Geh?! E-.. aheheh..."
Despite the urge to be greedy with Shiho and keep holding her tightly to him, he reluctantly loosens his hold enough for her friends to get their hugs in without him getting in the way. That reminder of how many people she has watching her back and protecting her who obviously care deeply for her is reassuring, as well, especially since they definitely have the means to back it up when needed. One arm stays loosely curled around her, though, unless she pulls away from him, the other hand raised to ruffle his hair as he glances over to Kagari.
"Eh..? ...yeah, guess that's th'way, ain't it..."
He doesn't exactly adore the idea of having to trust in the authorities to handle this sort of thing, especially when he's pretty sure some "authorities" are tangled up with the badguys, but he doesn't really have a better idea of what Shiho and her friends could do. Running their own esper prison or whatever else would probably be a huge mess and terrible in ways he hasn't really thought through.
"...is, uh... ev'rybody else a'right?"
He takes a second to sit up a little more and look around. Now that Shiho's safe, he can remember that, oh yeah, other people exist and may have been in danger or something.