He does need a hug, and will get one later, but stopping to dispense hugs mid-jailbreak is probably ill advised.

Of course she wouldn't be flowers and cuddles and sticky pink pleasantries after ten years of who-knows-what.

I'm not entirely sure if Laurie was EVER flowers and cuddles and sticky pink pleasantries XD Maybe when she was six, though maybe not even then. But yeah she's definitely been hardened by her experiences.

Thank you!