[He's not quite expecting the lapful of Kitty and it makes him laugh a little in surprise. But after a moment he's hugging her back - not fiercely, not that tight, because this is after all an old pain, but definitely appreciating the contact, and the fact that this time she doesn't look and feel and smell like Tyki.
He dips his head against her shoulder and for once doesn't say anything, just sits quietly, listening to his first meeting with Rose, with an ache of longing for the people they were then, with so much more to come.]