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"Frei?!" he asked as he held her.

Frei let out a long, shuttering breath as her body gave one last large shiver down her spine and then she fell silent. Her arms slowly moved from her head to wrap themselves around Fin's neck.

"Frei?! What's wrong?" he asked again, voice scared.

Frei was focused on taking slowly, deep breaths but after a long moment, she managed to whisper, "Brain... freeze." But it didn't seem like she was talking about the kind you get with too much ice cream.

"Will you be alright?" he asked, still completely focused on how she was doing.

Frei continued to breath methodically, it looked like she was slipping into some kind of meditation though her arms remained locked around Fin's neck.

Fin glanced around, but he wasn't sure what to do. So he tried to remain still, not distracting Frei any further. But after a few moments of silence it started to become more difficult for him as his brain started to register how close she was to him.

Frei seemed to be slowly falling asleep.

After awhile, Fin slowly tried to get Frei's arms off of his neck.

Unfortunately, Frei's grip was like iron. But after a little while, she started to whimper a little, like a child.

"Are you okay?" Fin asked, voice worried again.

Frei didn't reply right away, but finally she whispered, "... yes," and for the first time, there was some real emotion deep in her words. She sounded very embarrassed.

Fin was surprised, but tried not to do anything to make her even more embarrassed. So he sucked it up and let Frei come back in her own time.

Finally Frei pulled away, there was a tightness set on her face as if she was still dealing with some pain but she scooted away from Fin a little. She didn't look at him, staring at the sand between her feet.

Fin didn't say anything, not looking directly at Frei either.

Frei was silent for a good while before looking out at the water. Then she suddenly stood and headed towards the Hovercraft.