Mia does not approach Angus with a hug, but she gets one anyway: he throws his arms around her waist and hugs her tight. She is someone he's missed, and worried about, but most of all someone he respects as a brilliant mind who respects him in turn.

Which makes him really worried by what she says next. Peering up at her with a sharp frown, he shakes his head. "I don't understand, ma'am! You gave me those books already! I read all of them before — before any of this. Don't you remember?"