Sheena flinched when Ritsuka automatically reacted as if she was going to hit him, exhibiting a terror she'd not seen in... like ever. Someone seriously hurt this boy in the past and that made her blood boil. Still, though, she wanted to pull him close and give him a sense of honest comfort he'd probably never had in his life before.

The summoner knelt down next to him. "I'm not going to hurt you," she said in a quiet, honest voice. She held her hand out, palm up in an offering. "Come here... please?"