She opened her mouth to answer, but the explanation left her at the presentation of a gift. Startled, the girl could do little more than blink her eyes a few times at the paper bird, as though it were some illusion that the motion would clear away. When that proved unsuccessful, her reach and acceptance were both hesitant, taking the bird gently by her fingertips. She seemed to frown at it at first, but it was soon clear she wasn't upset, or saddened.

Simply, as she was at most other things, utterly perplexed. The question he'd asked and most everything else he said was for the moment was disregarded when she finally spoke.

"Why... are you giving me this?"

Even in as mundane an event as this, the very concept of giving a gift seemed completely foreign to the girl.