[Jiro's fidgeting again just to give her nerves a point to focus on, spinning the ring hanging around her neck on its chain as she stares down in front of her at nothing in particular.
Though her hand does tighten around Momo's for a second.]

... Don't get mad.

[Yeah, because saying that totally bodes well.]

I don't really get it myself, but the thought of you going out and talking to people kind of... i-it felt kinda like something really important was getting snatched up from me?
Like, that same kind of rush you get when one of the teachers takes your phone.

Even though it was something so small, like going to the store...

[That's all followed by a wince, though, leaving her looking a little ashamed. Like hearing it come out of her own mouth like that made her realize it's kind of... awful?
Or at least, she thinks it is.]