Got it! See, we figured it out, so don't beat yourself up about it, okay?

[ her energetic 'cheer up' energy only lasts as long as it takes for them to talk about mia again. then it's back to the good ol' gentle self-deprecation. ]

Well, it's like..... I found her body, you know? If I had been there just a couple of minutes before....

[ then maybe she could have done something. or at least, that's how maya's been thinking of it. ever since it happened, evidently. ]

A-Anyway, um. [ she doesn't want to make this about her! ] Do you.... do you still wanna be friends?