He said-- [ Slowly, surely, she gets her breathing under control. Still hyperventilating a little bit, but actively trying to take slow, deep, steady breaths. ] He said-- he needed some-- space.

[ Which in and of itself doesn't sound too terrible, but it was the way he'd said it. The way he'd treated her, in front of everyone in the cafeteria, like she was dust on the bottom of his shoe. That wasn't Jaden. He would never-- but he just did. ]

Something's-- wrong. With him. I don't know what, but-- [ She searches for the right words. ] He's not normally like this.