[Listening to what he says, thinking through answers, calms her down a little more. She still has little breathing hiccups every so often, but she is unlikely to cry again any time soon.]
I know all of those things, I promise I know them, but when things like this happen... [She can't just fall apart all the time. It is perfectly fine for anyone else to do it, though, if they need to, and she knows the double standard doesn't seem fair but it comes with the job. Mia closes her eyes and puts one hand over them, lowering her head. She can feel her words slurring at the edges, slowed from fainting and exhaustion, and trying to make herself understood when her thoughts are just as slurred is like trudging up a mountain. If Teddy offers even the slightest inclination that it will be okay to do so, Mia will lean right back into him.]
[action, May 29]
I know all of those things, I promise I know them, but when things like this happen... [She can't just fall apart all the time. It is perfectly fine for anyone else to do it, though, if they need to, and she knows the double standard doesn't seem fair but it comes with the job. Mia closes her eyes and puts one hand over them, lowering her head. She can feel her words slurring at the edges, slowed from fainting and exhaustion, and trying to make herself understood when her thoughts are just as slurred is like trudging up a mountain. If Teddy offers even the slightest inclination that it will be okay to do so, Mia will lean right back into him.]