Mm, that'd be nice! [She smiles again.] What I really wanna do is make a sled, a really big one. [She pauses, and suddenly looks embarrassed.] Is that childish?

[Again, she shifts back and forth. The movement of her body seems to relax her - if she cannot control anything else, she can control this.] Yeah, it's something else...[She trails off, bites her lip, and finally blurts out:]

Hey, you know, if you wanted...it'd be nice to walk together, wouldn't it? [Before she knows it, she's continuing to talk.] It's my birthday today, and I...[I hate being alone, is the first invasive, surprising thought. It's quickly pushed away.] I was a little bored, being cooped up.

[And finally she asks outright:] Would you like to walk with me?