[And when she's cried out - she's really cried out, she's just tired and her head hurts and she wants to go to sleep (and she wants her parents, honestly) - she appreciates his presence despite or maybe because of the silence. It lets her take a moment to try to center herself.]
[Aria climbed into the crook of her arm at some point during all that, and when she eventually does lean away from Jimmy, but only so much, makes sure she's still touching him somehow, she picks up the bird into her hands again and strokes her feathers gently.]
[Like anyone else after a big cry like that she feels kind of self conscious and a little embarrassed, but that's not the main reason her voice is a little quiet when she speaks up again. It's pretty simple, what she goes for, but she shoots him a look as she does.]
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[Aria climbed into the crook of her arm at some point during all that, and when she eventually does lean away from Jimmy, but only so much, makes sure she's still touching him somehow, she picks up the bird into her hands again and strokes her feathers gently.]
[Like anyone else after a big cry like that she feels kind of self conscious and a little embarrassed, but that's not the main reason her voice is a little quiet when she speaks up again. It's pretty simple, what she goes for, but she shoots him a look as she does.]
Thanks. Sorry. I didn't mean to ...