"Yeah?", Lea said. "I'm... honestly not sure whether or not I should be happy you have a lot in common; after all, neither Xion nor I exactly has the happiest backstory, to put it mildly. But I'm glad it worked out for you at least."

"Anyway, much as I don't want to reinforce some of Xion's mistaken ideas about how making friends works, any friend of hers is a friend of mine. So if you need anything, or if you just wanna hang out sometime, let me know; I've got your back. Got it memorized?"