[She hugs back, though it's not nearly as tight or secure as the other times. Norma's starting to not be sure if it'd be better or not to have Ace back. Sure, she'd love to see him and hold him and laugh with him again, but at the same time, he'd have to suffer all the garbage this place had to offer. At least being...wh-where he was now, he was free from all that. Even then, though, that thought doesn't make her feel any better, and the tears well up in her eyes even more.]
[THAT NIGHT]
[She hugs back, though it's not nearly as tight or secure as the other times. Norma's starting to not be sure if it'd be better or not to have Ace back. Sure, she'd love to see him and hold him and laugh with him again, but at the same time, he'd have to suffer all the garbage this place had to offer. At least being...wh-where he was now, he was free from all that. Even then, though, that thought doesn't make her feel any better, and the tears well up in her eyes even more.]