Hugging or not, something was definitely wrong, concern still written all over Ewan's face by the time he had her safely tucked into his arms, the offending cayenne still in-hand, by now long-forgotten.
"B-but... wasn't Teddy one of your best friends?" There was a reason for the past tense there, after all. He'd heard less and less about Teddy the longer he'd been with Dora, which seemed... strange. Tragic. "It's me, isn't it? He resents m-me for taking up all your time..."