"Don't sweat it, Avery. It's not your fault." Aiden sucked in his lip, thinking. For a second, he was tempted to lie- but that wasn't what Aiden did, and Avery deserved to know what he had to deal with.
"I will have to bring you in again, just so you can give an account of what you saw," Aiden said, feeling a little guilty as he said the words. "But I'm pretty sure Claire will be doing the questioning, and she's not as scary as she looks."He leaned against the counter, reaching for his soup as it popped up. "And I'll be in the room as well. You don't have to worry about anything."