She gulped, she really really wanted to be helpful to Miriko. And her normal calm and stoic personality was having a hard time of maintaining itself in this effort. A fact that was easily noticed by Mia who hopped off of her chair and walked over to join the trio of Alistair, Miriko, and Jikan. She had never seen Jikan react this way in the years they had known each other; and frankly she was very intrigued by all this. And, she was starting to get a suspension of something. She climbed up to the table and made sure to not be in the way as Miriko continued on in her efforts to make her art perfectly.
Jikan coughed, clearing her voice as she tried to continue her sentence. Miriko was listening to her after all, and she had to speak. Oh Illumin...Miriko was waiting on her. Thank the Gods that she was not looking at her too...
Focus Jikan focus. Breath breath Seeing Jikan get flustered, a rare thing, Mia patted her friend's hand to give a little bit of soothing. Jikan watched for a few seconds, stuttering and failing to speak words as Miriko tried different things, creating various small creatures and shapes. Then she stopped as if she was thinking something over. Without a word, she then got up out of chair and walked over to Alistair and got a small paint brush. Grabbing a hold of it before begining to work on a paper lantern if Jikan could understand the the begining pieces of this new piece.
As Miriko did this Jikan finally managed to mumble out the rest of what she was trying to say in a bit of a half whisper. "I care about you a little, for some....reason". Hearing this, Mia's ear flicked and flicked. Eyes lightening up while she held back an ooooooo.