[It's shocking to him, too, trust him. He's not anticipating the hug and there's a soft "oomph" when she wraps her arms around him, but this time he's at least capable of reciprocating. He's eyeing the cloak carefully though.]

Of course it worked! [He sounds far too confident about that. But no he'd been worried it wouldn't, too.] Buuut I don't know how long these guys are knocked out. At least the elephants are taken care of. [He barely pulls away.] You probably wanna put this back on, huh?