"You've got to be strong for you too. Everything will be okay Mac. You'll see." And she couldn't not hug him then. Raising up on the toes of her boots so that they were nearly the same height she eased her arms around his neck. Knowing she would tingle, when her skin touched his, that it would be like hugging someone just in from the cold. "You'll see. I can almost promise all this worry is for nothin'. With all the magic people we have on island, if things start looking grave, well I'll kidnap one or two or all of them and make them do something." She only wished she could do something.
Her voice broke as she started to speak again, enough that not even a word came through before she cleared her throat. "And if... If nothing can be done, then I'll walk it through it's door myself."