He didn't really react when she hugged him. He couldn't honestly as his ability to be empathetic had shut off. He already forgave her, but his ingrained habit of shutting someone out for a bit had clicked into effect for now. He did however hug her after a few moments. It would take a bit before he was expressive again.<br/><br/>Eve, tapping the circle on the pokéball left on the floor by Ryan, disappeared as Alex came down to roll the Eevee egg into an incubator. Alex then dragged the incubator over to Fenny. He was insistant on the egg being taken care off. It wasn't going to be left behind. He then walked over to Mia and pawed at her leg.<br/><br/>"Mia, I need time to adjust," Ryan said, a small amount of the frigidness in his voice dissipating, "I've pretty much been on my own and self-isolated for 9 years. You can't expect me to be forgiving so easily."<br/><br/>Pulling her back some, he placed a brief kiss on her lips. It lacked the emotion and warmth of the first kiss but it could still be felt that he loved her. Freeing himself from Mia, he picked up the pokéball with Eve in it and let her out again. She wasted no time in jumping into his arms again as he walked over and picked up the incubator by the handle on the top and waited by the door. He gave his love interest a look as he gestured to Alex with a raised eyebrow.