Normally he wouldn't have done such a thing without permission, but he wanted to protect her, cover her - and maybe draw some support from that embrace as well. He kept it loose, making sure she could leave if she wanted.

When she relaxes against him, Taas smiles. Okay. It was okay, even if she was a little red.

"It was quite rude, wasn't it? It was a new thing that I hadn't seen before." Talking about trivial, weird things was good. He could do that. The things that meant he had done good, catching falling elves rather than trying to bury his axe in the Iron Bull's face.