Aery flinched from the touch of his hand, but forced herself to relax. "I... I... Those p-people, t-t-they took j-just about e-everything from me. My mother and mentor. My little siblings." For she'd seen Ame and Silly being dragged away dead. They'd gotten the girls and tortured them to death, and that was part of what had broken Aery so utterly. "And more than that. My modesty, my... It's terribly cliche to say, but, they took my innocence, too."
She sighed. "I'm not usually this emotional, Shadow. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I just can't... Cope with everything right now. It's all too much, and I still feel like any second now Silly is going to come bouncing in here playing hide and seek with Celaena and--" She choked off, covering her face with her hands to literally hold the sob inside of her. Once she'd gotten herself back under control, she looked up at the sun. They had probably three hours until nightfall, which was when they could most likely move the most freely.