It was perhaps to his detriment that he was looking away, he had no way to brace himself for the sudden onslaught of the small dragon woman. Arms thrown up and her body squished into his as she gave him the biggest hug she could manage. Squeezing him with a good amount of affection before pulling back. It was something that made her heart swell, in all the right ways. She was glad he thought she was good to Zelly, she tried her best to be, and the fact he cared about that just made her all the more emotional.

"Zelly will always care about you." She insisted, with the sort of assurance probably only she could have. Smiling up at him with ease. "I think perhaps things are hard because she is scared you won't still see her the same as she is now, but if you spent more time with her-- or with us, she would know that you do still care.

"It is easy to be scared you do not belong, that is a thing I have learned about humans in our travels. But it is an easy thing for us to overcome.

"Together I think we do a very good job, and even without me, you would do a very good job."