Arus just held onto her. She made him feel strong even when he felt like he was the weakest of all mankind. He just stayed with his face in her shoulder. She made him feel safe and secure. Cared about and important. He listened to her talking. "All I understood after getting shoved was I was hated. That I somehow screwed up because that is what happened when my dad would shove me. I had screwed up in his mind. The whole time I was fighting flashbacks that felt so real." He says softly. He peeked at her a bit. She thought him intelligent and a natrual at ballet? That meant so much more to him than she could ever know. He looked down at the seat. "I am...why else would it be told and beaten into me since the day I learned how to say no?" He asked sadly. He listened to her speaking. "I like them. They seem like nice people. They are my friends too...I have more friends now than I ever have." He pulled back and looked her in the eyes. "What is it Hannah?" He asked.<br/><br/>Maria stood beside her boss quietly. Her mistress was very impatient yet she loved her. The woman spoiled her and treated her like a daughter. Even if she was rather distant at the same time. She was around her eldest daughter's age and they had grown up together as playmates. So she was higher in esteem than most maids. Which meant she could speak without being spoken to. "I will gather the bags that I can carry Miss Mary." She said as she followed them into the library with the bag containing accessories and makeup that Mary abslutely refused to allow anyone save Maria touch the bag.