She made more pigeon noises, "Rou rou."

Then she gasped as if she was surprised it was him gathering crumbs all along.

"I swear he meant nothing to me! I thought the crumbs you gathered were just left there. I didn't realize you sacrificed so much for me."

She dropped to her knees from her chair and threw herself against the windowsill dramatically.

"All this time, it was you and I never knew! Oh, my love, please give me another chance! We can't give up on us. We can make this work."

She let out another despondent pigeon noise full of love and yearning. "Rou!"