[Rei nods in kind, glad to have that confirmed for her. And weirdly, talking about her grandfather is yet another similarity.]

I...had a similar thing. Makoto, Usagi, Minako, and Ami were the first friends I had before coming to Cerealia. [She huffs a soft laugh.] And when I showed up, I was alone. The first person who ever reached out to me who wasn't one of my...special people...was Yosuke. [Not Hanamura-san, or Yosuke-kun. Just Yosuke.] He's a strange boy, but I like him.

[Rei holds her thoughts in for a moment, thinking about what she's been told. Haruka masquerades as a man often enough. She doesn't know why, but it is what it is.]

Your grandfather is your caretaker, too?