Aaron set the bottles on the counter and returned to lean against the table. “Nay, you were different after you broke up with Davis. Still you, but with the volume turned down.” He patted my shoulder. “We’d love to see the volume go back up.”
TW: Discussion of Domestic Violance
Like many survivors of trauma, Naya goes on living her life but, for her, it's in a more muted way. She's closed herself off to new people, new adventures, and joy lest it draw too much attention to herself. In this scene where Aaron frames their concern for her with this analogy that I think is so fitting for this character. It's not that she's gone, it's that she's been silencing a lot of herelf and so much of her love stor with Jake and her growth throughout the book is figuring out where she wants to re-set her volume to.
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