[Fortunately, Rosa is used to the person she hugs going completely stiff when she does it. It doesn't calm her down, but it doesn't send her flying out of the room in panic either.]

T-Thank you...

[This was a plus. If any of her siblings' kids were going to be here, it was probably better it was Battler. He hadn't seen her for years and wouldn't know her dirty laundry. He wasn't some milquetoast little nerd who would let himself be pushed around. And he wasn't some brash idiot girl going through a "rebellion" phase. She could work with this. She could make this work.

She swallowed, one last time... then slowly let him go.]

Um... one last thing, Battler...