i'll save you an echo from the hall

There was a long silence between them, not that Gaia minded. She had no voice, not that she was willing to find then anyway. Instead she'd get lost in his cuddles, and whisked away by his musky scent. He just held her tightly for a long time no questions asked just simple affection. He noticed the change in her tears, and she would feel him pull away from her. For a moment her heart would skip a beat as she tried to decipher what he was doing when she felt his touch against her cheek, taking her tears for himself again. She'd feel little shivers run over her skin at his touch, through his words he would nuzzle closer, tearing through any kind of barrier Gaia might have wanted to put up. "But I can help you, any way you wish for me too." She didn't expect herself to lean in to his tender touch. "Why is it you cry," he whispered gently. Just in case though he made sure she knew that she didn't have to tell him about her tears, but as he pulled her close once more she couldn't deny him the truth.

She was still struggling with her tears, little sobs still inhibiting her soft voice. She would take several deep breaths, obviously an attempt at regaining composure as well as her voice. "They're gone." She'd manage to whisper. He had already heard of Solo, but she'd not told him of her aunt or the family she was separated from. "My family, my mate." Her voice would lose any of the confidence it might have had as she explained further. This wave of emotion felt different, there were no tears but even as the words left her mouth she just felt an awful pain grip her body. She'd whimper again as her face scrunched in discomfort and she buried her features into his neck clinging to him like she might be clinging on to her life. Above the pair the little red cardinal would call out to his pained friend.
"speech"