[The hug is all it takes for her to completely lose it.
She clings to Helena as she cries, because it's the only thing keeping her upright. It feels so childish and melodramatic but this hurts, it hasn't stopped hurting, and now it's taking the Bat away from her. She'd thought she could rely on Batgirl, at least, to be that when Steph might fail, but now she's losing that as well, and she doesn't know what to do.
So she holds onto Helena and sobs, even though she knows that won't make anything better.]
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She clings to Helena as she cries, because it's the only thing keeping her upright. It feels so childish and melodramatic but this hurts, it hasn't stopped hurting, and now it's taking the Bat away from her. She'd thought she could rely on Batgirl, at least, to be that when Steph might fail, but now she's losing that as well, and she doesn't know what to do.
So she holds onto Helena and sobs, even though she knows that won't make anything better.]