[ doreen has always given the best hugs. like, objectively speaking. sure, he really loves them from his husband and his parents and his brothers, but let's just be honest, doreen has turned hugging into an art form.

he laughs a little at the next comment, rubbing a hand over his face as he pulls back to look at her. ] Yeah. Yeah, it's been a weird one. I was technically already here, though? Some kind of time dilation thing, I really don't want to try to think about it, it's gonna' give me a headache.

[ he flinches in surprise as one of the ghosts bangs fists against his shield, getting zapped back by arcane lightning as it does so, and realizes he'd kind of forgotten they're technically in the middle of a fight. ] Ugh, this is a mess.