Delilah was certainly a highly ranked hugger herself. Having grown to accept Delilah as something of a surrogate sister the embrace was a strong reminded that he was home. He kissed the top of her head and remained in the embrace through his response to her question. "Nah- Had less than an hour for the portkey they set up. Didn't make sense to send an owl." He gave her one more squeeze and added. "Sorry i woke you." The embrace loosened to let her go.