Geez, she was awful nice. He kinda wanted to go for that hug, and he'd had a terrible time of things, on account of the whole worlds gone thing happening just when he was starting to care about the world and protecting his city and all. And the thing with Roxanne had been a punch to the gut, and he was really quite worried about Minion, and what about people like the Warden? Other people that weren't immediately close to him? Had they been saved?
Not to mention, he'd never really gotten many hugs and while he loathed people touching him in general, it was largely because he was so unused to it, and hugs in and of themselves, weren't an inherently bad things, in fact it was quite nice whenever Roxanne had hugged him--
Wait, no! No hugs. Even if he was a good guy now, he had an image to uphold.
But most of all, there was the fact that he was...well...him. Even if a former villain, even if he was going to try his best to be honest about that fact and earn trust, he was terrified of getting bad reactions from people, and the last thing he needed was for this poor girl to hug him, find out he'd been a bad guy, and then be all freaked out about it.
Which he admitted.
"You don't want to hug me," he said. "I used to be a bad guy. I only stopped very recently. If I were to get a hug, later on, you'd find that out, and probably freak out and then everything would be all awkward, and you'd go around telling people 'AUUUGH!'" Here, he faked a girly shriek. "'AAUGH, I HUGGED THAT BIG-HEADED BAD GUY!' So it's better you know this now and don't hug me at all."
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Not to mention, he'd never really gotten many hugs and while he loathed people touching him in general, it was largely because he was so unused to it, and hugs in and of themselves, weren't an inherently bad things, in fact it was quite nice whenever Roxanne had hugged him--
Wait, no! No hugs. Even if he was a good guy now, he had an image to uphold.
But most of all, there was the fact that he was...well...him. Even if a former villain, even if he was going to try his best to be honest about that fact and earn trust, he was terrified of getting bad reactions from people, and the last thing he needed was for this poor girl to hug him, find out he'd been a bad guy, and then be all freaked out about it.
Which he admitted.
"You don't want to hug me," he said. "I used to be a bad guy. I only stopped very recently. If I were to get a hug, later on, you'd find that out, and probably freak out and then everything would be all awkward, and you'd go around telling people 'AUUUGH!'" Here, he faked a girly shriek. "'AAUGH, I HUGGED THAT BIG-HEADED BAD GUY!' So it's better you know this now and don't hug me at all."
A pause. "If I even wanted a hug.
He added, "Which I most certainly do not."