Larea shook her head in disagreement, still not letting go of him, and she didn't plan to until he got the point. The very idea that anyone could hate him was ridiculous to her. He had already showed her kindness that the average person simply didn't, and even if he hadn't, she didn't understand why people discriminated based on such trivial things; she went through it herself with her muteness, and she felt a sort of kinship with him because of it. To demonstrate the point, she released him from the hug and sat up straight, pointing to her throat and making gestures to symbolize her lack of speech.