He'd been expecting a reply. He'd been expecting Thanatos to say something before hopefully letting him go in for a hug. He hadn't expected Thanatos to initiate.

It's a good hug - for Thanatos, and at all - and Ryo finds himself clinging, just a bit. He huffs a laugh, short and quiet, when he feels Mort pat his cheek. "Okay," he says, voice quiet and a little muffled from where he's buried his face in Thanatos's chest. "I will. And...you'll take care of yourself too." It's not a question, for either of them. They won't be able to take care of each other anymore, so they'll have to take care of themselves.

"I'm going to miss you." It's soft and achingly sincere.