Kiden considered placing a hand against Laura's shoulder to comfort her, but found her hand hovering in midair, not quite willing to commit to the motion. Maybe physical contact wasn't the most appropriate thing, right now. Whether she meant that for Laura or herself wasn't clear, and so Kiden settled for leaning forward a little, trying to put herself on the same level as Laura.

It was becoming more and more evident that nothing she was going to say would get through to Laura. Still, that didn't mean Kiden wouldn't be stubborn, and most likely end up making things worse; it wasn't worth giving up, just yet.

“Hey,” she said, and this time she did reach out and place a hand against Laura's shoulder, without so much as thinking about it, “What do you want to do?”