[She can't keep the dryness out of her voice as she says it, even as she gingerly makes her way to Al and gives him a limp, one-armed hug. She doesn't have the energy to deliver one of her usual full-throttle bearhugs and that alone says a lot about the ordeal they've just been through.]
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[She can't keep the dryness out of her voice as she says it, even as she gingerly makes her way to Al and gives him a limp, one-armed hug. She doesn't have the energy to deliver one of her usual full-throttle bearhugs and that alone says a lot about the ordeal they've just been through.]