It was had to say how she would have reacted if he had touched her back. She was feeling rather detached from everything because of how tired she was, but the dream had been quite brutal. It was entirely possible that she would have flinched away from him, and that was the last thing she wanted to put him through now.

Having his arm around her was one of the very best things. She leaned into him, letting him take a bit of the effort needed to keep herself upright, and gave him a slightly larger smile this time. "A little," she confirmed, wanting to be honest with him. "It'll take a while to be good as new. This isn't the first time it's happened." Far from it.