Thanks. I've thought about how I'd wanna talk to you about this for a while, and...

[ she clears her throat, trying to buy herself a second's worth of time to prepare herself. ]

Just so you know, that kind of thing doesn't happen -- like, it never happened before up until then. I was pretty surprised that it did, heh...

[ she starts fidgeting, just the slightest bit. her thumbs twiddle. ]

What I guess I'm trying to say is that I'm really, really sorry for putting you through that. There was something going on with the eclipse and I know several of us were acting strange -- but I just can't help but feel like I put you in a weird spot.