[Sorey successfully gets a small, affectionate smile for that one.]

I'm not surprised by that. I doubt there's anything that'll stop you from trying to befriend other people.

[Exasperating though it may be at points, it's nonetheless a quality that Mikleo likes about his friend. He's always been concerned that Sorey missed out on something for not having as many human friends. It's perhaps the one good thing he can say about arriving in this colony.]

Was that next big thing the jungle you and Ruby mentioned?