[There's silence for a bit on Tobias' end. It'd be easy to pass it off as him not realizing it switched to audio.]
[But then there's just crying. Not little sniffles, but full-on waterworks, gasping for breath, sobbing that sounds like it physically hurts because it does.]
[And then it's muffled, like it's suddenly gone behind a thick pillow, because there's suddenly a bear and a bird next to him, letting him cry into them.]
[It goes on for a bit, the 'gear forgotten on the floor, before he manages to speak again.]
... I... I don't... I don't know. I don't know if it's okay. To... to matter, I mean. Outside of the war. I mean here I'm just... just the weird bird kid. But we're all weird. S... so I don't know if I... I matter...
[Audio]
[But then there's just crying. Not little sniffles, but full-on waterworks, gasping for breath, sobbing that sounds like it physically hurts because it does.]
[And then it's muffled, like it's suddenly gone behind a thick pillow, because there's suddenly a bear and a bird next to him, letting him cry into them.]
[It goes on for a bit, the 'gear forgotten on the floor, before he manages to speak again.]
... I... I don't... I don't know. I don't know if it's okay. To... to matter, I mean. Outside of the war. I mean here I'm just... just the weird bird kid. But we're all weird. S... so I don't know if I... I matter...