*UNEDITED*
It's hard for her to trust other people, but - perhaps Akito is an exception to all that.
Setsura didn't expect him to show up randomly like that. Then again, he's always had such strange habits. It seems like those habits have yet to fade away.
The ability to understand others just by touching definitely exists. There might not be any reason to be afraid of touching and being touched by others, or hugging and being hugged by others. Such simple actions like that, she doesn't understand it though.