The swinging of their joined hands slows in favor of instead returning the squeeze to their hand. At which point Nel tries to impress upon them, “You know that means you can talk to me too, right? I may not get adult stuff but I do know how it is to feel a little nervous, or super excited, or even kind of scared. So you can always tell me how you feel if something happens. Or if nothing happens. Cause sometimes we don’t know what our Number changed.”