[Several factors have come together all at once to make this one incident happen.
One: They are the only people there. He's checked. Several times. Two: This is obviously a very dire matter, one that requires drastic measures such as this. Three: Harleen being depressed is one of the most horrifically wrong things he has ever imagined. He can't be having that. Four: He'll never be foolish enough to try this ever again. And he's well aware of that.
And, so, Crane hugs her. It's not a very good hug, obviously coming from someone with very little experience with it and with plenty of room for the Holy Spirit in between, but it is one, and one of the very few he's ever willingly given another human being. This is serious.]
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One: They are the only people there. He's checked. Several times.
Two: This is obviously a very dire matter, one that requires drastic measures such as this.
Three: Harleen being depressed is one of the most horrifically wrong things he has ever imagined. He can't be having that.
Four: He'll never be foolish enough to try this ever again. And he's well aware of that.
And, so, Crane hugs her. It's not a very good hug, obviously coming from someone with very little experience with it and with plenty of room for the Holy Spirit in between, but it is one, and one of the very few he's ever willingly given another human being. This is serious.]