Reiki hadn’t meant for his magic to hit Monoceros as well. He’d fought in close quarters with Arsenolite and Shoqafa of Saturn without either of them getting hit. But—well, just because he’d mostly gotten the hang of making his magic do the thing when he told it to do the ******** thing didn’t mean that Reiki’s control over who it hit always worked out like he wanted.

The hug from Monoceros hit him by surprise—but jeez, as far as effects of his magic went, Reiki couldn’t really argue with this one. His own sigh of relief came more from the fact that Monoceros didn’t seem like he wanted to go eat starseeds or shoot up black tar heroin or drown himself in powdered sugar, he just……wanted a hug. And Reiki would give that to him, no questions asked.

“It’s okay, sweetheart,” he promised, voice barely above a whisper. “You’re going to be okay.”

genovianprince
probably a good fin spot, unless Ceros has more to add? heart