Assiah broke up being proper and took the few strides needed to cross the boundary and pull the shorter woman to her.
"Can't be ashamed of you," she started, quietly. "Terrified of you, yes, afraid of falling short, often, but nothing can make me regret being part of your life or you in mine."
"I remembered how you and Johnny flirted with each other, a bit of a shoving war between the two of you and thought you might rake him -Pulse- over the coals for real." She smiled down at Myrene, honest. "I picked up the stubborn protective streak from you, dear."