[ protective adult about covers it and Sonico's smile wavers a little. She'd been scared when she'd gotten here too, but at least she was an adult who could take care of herself -- she can't imagine how scary it must be to a child, stuck here without any friends or family.

so she carefully stoops down to Rise's level, keeping her smile carefully in place and her tone reassuring. She doesn't want the girl to pick up on her worry and start fretting even more. ]

Don't worry -- it took me a little while to touch it, too. It's kind of scary, right? Especially after turning up in a place like this.

But everyone who's here now has touched it at some point and we're all doing just fine -- so there's really nothing to worry about, okay?