The breathy almost-giggles that had been slipping out fade away at that contact. It might've been kind of cheesy, the hand on the shoulder with the earnest tone thing, except for how it actually, strangely, unbelievably works.

Not as well as if it were Captain Victory, maybe, but no one else could do it like Captain Victory, right?

Aña sniffles a little - she wasn't crying exactly, but she felt like she might and now her nose doesn't know what it's doing - and nods. "Why did you break both your thumbs?