There we go. It's just affection, it won't hurt you.

[Darkwind had been moved by Need's intangible embrace, the touch of her mind, and felt like it was communicating love and acceptance. Need doesn't think she feels love, exactly, anymore, but affection can feel like it.]

Heh, I see you thinking you'd hate to do that. That's your youth. Your current friends and family, your home, are almost your whole world. Losing or leaving them feels like losing everything, doesn't it?