Illya is very gentle while playing with her hair, doing his best to not pull any hair and enjoying how soft it is… and honestly, the fact that she’s very clearly just finished a fight only makes this scene even more intimate as far as Illya’s concerned. He gets a fight and an intimate moment with a gorgeous woman. He wouldn’t change a thing.

Except for, you know. Nearly everything in this entire situation.

“I do not know how that feels. I am alone in this place.” He confesses, but he doesn’t look as vulnerable as he’d looked the other times the truth had forced itself out of his mouth. “I… like being alone. I have few friends. I do not want them to be here and be kidnapped. Gabby would not enjoy that. And Solo...”

A beat.

“Solo would enjoy it too much.”