Lily doesn't know how to feel at all. Everything she'd known has gotten ripped out from under her and she's left reeling, drowning in something and trying to claw her way out before she's consumed by it.

The embrace doesn't surprise her but it twists something inside her and now she does choke on a sob, arms all but flinging around him. Her face buries in his shoulder long enough for her to try and compose herself but it doesn't work very well: she doesn't move for a very long time, doesn't speak until she feels hollowed out and empty.

Still, the first thing she says is "don't be sorry," followed shortly by, "I wanted you to be safe." That part at least, remains the same.