[He doesn't really comprehend what she's doing at first, but... That's what you do with kids when they're scared, right? You sing in a gentle soothing voice. That's what you're supposed to do, anyway. Did his mom ever so anything like this? Not that there's a chance in hell that he'd remember if she did, but... He shakes his head briefly. He needs to just let this happen. There isn't another person around that would put this kind of effort into trying to soothe him. It's hard enough to understand it from Elda.

It's not something he pulls away from, but it does calm him down eventually.]

I don't know what was happening. I couldn't see a thing and was upset about something. I think I was about to do something stupid.

[...He doesn't need to get into more detail than that. The only reason he does to begin with is because it seems fair to say something to Elda, to offer her some kind of explanation.]

I'm going to move. I'm also gonna take a class or two. That shouldn't be too expensive.

[She's the one person that would be excited to hear that, isn't she?]