Out of respect, Sanji keeps his silence while she reads, glance cast discreetly to the side - but when he hears her start to crumble, then fall, and finally hit rock bottom... At first he stares dumbly, as if her tears are the final admission of truth he'd been waiting for - her mother is dead. Again.
And then he closes the last of the distance and pulls her into a hug, half-awkward though it is with her still sitting down. Whatever it is she read, he hopes it brings her comfort.
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Out of respect, Sanji keeps his silence while she reads, glance cast discreetly to the side - but when he hears her start to crumble, then fall, and finally hit rock bottom... At first he stares dumbly, as if her tears are the final admission of truth he'd been waiting for - her mother is dead. Again.
And then he closes the last of the distance and pulls her into a hug, half-awkward though it is with her still sitting down. Whatever it is she read, he hopes it brings her comfort.
Once it stops hurting so much.]
... I'm glad I got the chance to meet her.