[ daylight is about to say sorry for meddy's behaviour when he realises how firo is reacting to the angry yelling/berating/hooting. then firo makes the offer to not have to talk about what had happened with erin and. well.

he falls quiet for a bit. (also, he makes sure to pinch meddy's beak so his friend doesn't try to give their opinion. he loves meddy, he really does after all that's happened, but they can be a pain the butt sometimes in the moments like these.) ]

I want to talk about- I really do since I trust you and the others with this. It's just- [ he stops again. but, this time, it's to sigh and rub the back of his head like he's trying to hype himself up to continue speaking. ] It's a long story.

And pretty messy too.

Is it alright if it took a while? [ because there's a big chance he'll often be stopping and pausing to catch himself when speaking. ]