Ben's embrace may boarder on uncomfortable but the pressure does make Sadie go boneless against Ben's chest. His touch near Sadie's sensitive ears unstick then from their plastered position against her skull and coaxes Sadie's budding growl into a purr.

"I know that," Sadie mumbles into his chest, "But for her to even say that to you, to insinuate what she did, that you had to experience that. No normal person would ever say something like that! You deserve so much better than that!"