"Ah, I gotcha," Lea said. "Honestly, there's nothing weird about either liking or not liking hugs, far as I'm concerned. It's just a personal preference thing; like some people like scary movies, and other people just don't."

"It usually is better to ask first though, if you're not reasonably sure whether a person likes it or not, especially here on the train. It's easy to step on people's toes- metaphorically and literally- in such tight quarters, so asking is just a good way of avoiding doing that without meaning to."