It's a rare thing, this kind of comfort. Not that she is not an affectionate person, but she's guarded herself here so much, so well, that it almost feel like she is starved for this kind of touch. So she goes go there, straight into hugging him and hiding her face against the collar of his shirt.

"Thank you," comes the murmur after a little while. And she will deny that she got teary eyed.