He's a little surprised she's returning the hug, but it's okay, he's good. He'll just hug her back and picture siccing a Shadow on the Creeper. No, bad idea. Very, very bad idea.

Kai really doesn't like it when his friends get hurt...and he doesn't need to be the reason for it either.

"For what, crying? Everybody does that." If she's also apologizing for clinging to him, he doesn't mind that either.

"Everything'll be okay."