@-beauty_qxeen- || He reciprocates the hug with an empathetic expression, and nods slowly. “Pipes, you’re one of the strongest people I know — without the ‘mask’ concealing you,” he drops the screwdriver on the trodden earth below them. “It really sucks that being a child of Aphrodite would change what others think, but you, of all people, are *not* weak. You’re still here after the worst happened. Everyone knows it, and if they don’t,” Leo looks at her, smiling gently, “Then they’ll get whacked with Leo’s trusty hammer.”