Smells nervous

I had never been to the zoo, but from what My Friend said, I just knew I was going to love it.
My Friend and Maggie both smelled very nervous, though they were trying not to show it. My Friend was worried he could not be a good father to a little girl, which was ridiculous—but if he wasn’t worried about it, he wouldn’t be the person he is. She was upset, too, but for different reasons. She was worried that she would have an Anxiety attack, and that then I would have to help her, and that her father would think she was weak and broken and not want to be her father. That, too, was ridiculous, but her life has not been an easy one.
They are both good people, and both often misunderstood by their fellow humans.


Brief Cases, Zoo Day, Page 415