Noah chest ached with emotion, and he became overwhelmed with a different feeling entirely; a deep affection for Krem's kind heart. It drowned out the panic that had been edging it's way beyond the corners of Noah's mind. No one had ever tried to affirm his realness, they usually only noticed the ways he wasn't real. "Thank you," he whispered, and wrapped his arms around Krem.

"You have so many muscles," he said after a long moment, trying to lighten the mood he'd kind of ruined.