"You'll get to see your family again," he said, his frown returning. "Don't worry."
He recieved the vague not-hug carefully, but a little stiffly. Physical contact was definitely off limits, and he had promised not to take any unnecessary risks. But the gesture was...really nice, actually, and he couldn't turn it down.
"I'll come down here and fight them off if that happens," he said with a brief half-smile.