"Understandable," and to some degree it was to Emma. For the most part she had been too young to be directly involved in the war but she had noticed the toll it took on others. The older students had looked quite harassed there towards the end of it. For the most part she tried to hold back judgment because she wasn't sure what she would have done if she had been in their spot.
After taking an evanescent moment to steady her mind Emma got up and followed the girl's lead. As much as she was unsure about animals it was nothing like the nerves she felt around new people. "Like this?" She asked doing her best to mimic the simple actions.