[ this is already too much for nick junior, he's getting off and roosting in a tree nearby. the girls can hug it out, he's gonna chill. ]

... I know. Sorry. I didn't mean to worry you. [ mia doesn't want maya to apologize, but here she is doing it anyway. it's partially because she feels guilty for jumping off of maru, even if she may not have died. it was a stupid risk and she should have known better. for mia's sake. for her own, probably, too. ]

[ she's throwing herself into the hug and putting her arm around mia, too. ]

I'm not strong enough to do any of this stuff... I'm not any good at it, but I have to do it.

[ she's never admitted this to a single living soul and she's barely admitted it to herself but as always, she'll tell her sister. ]