Raine wasn't quite as technically touch-starved. They don't have many people they feel close enough with to allow that vulnerability, that much is true but.. There's also the feeling of contact they're no stranger to when it comes to people they'd rather avoid.

Firm hands on their shoulders, nails not quite digging in, a stern voice.
Come, sprout.

But Eda? Eda was so.. easy. It wasn't like everyone else, am I being too pushy? Am I being too distant? Too close? Too far? Eda was natural and intuitive, limbs intertwined and arms holding bodies close under the stars.

Was it wrong to want that again, after all they've done to her?

Best not to dwell on it.

Raine moved a hand to brush down the feathers on her Back, between the inside of her wing and her shoulder. "Really..? How did you even realize that's the case? Can you- I mean.. can you talk to it?"