Okay, that does prompt her to reach out and give him a one-armed hug. Just gentle, and if he starts to pull away she'll let him. But she's trying to give obvious comfort if he wants it.

"Maybe he felt it was a form of justice, for having wronged you." Raven could see how that might make sense. "Maybe he wanted to do something good, to make up for the bad." The truth was, they didn't know and couldn't know the reasons.

"But I imagine it must be difficult--when you spent all your time thinking about one goal, and then suddenly you have a whole life to live now."