Avery ducks his head and hides a smile. "I don't know what to say." And he doesn't. He's never been very good at this kind of thing, with putting his feelings into words, especially without that barrier of paper and ink between him and the world.

"I'm... um. I'm sorry your friend ended up terrible, though." He cringes as the words come out of his mouth. "I mean... Well, I mean exactly what I said, but." He rubs the back of his neck. "You know what I mean."