[ The fact that he has had an impact is in fact quite easy to see. The edges of her mouth linger just a little higher, her posture slightly more relaxed, and she listens to Naoto's answer with patient attention, focused enough to suggest some greater level of comfort has freed up space in her mind. (The ground begins to fade toward sand again - closely packed and without much sensation of give, but there all the same.) ]

You're all together, then. [ And she's pleased about that, that much is for sure, though she says it quietly. ] That's lucky. I'm a little jealous.

[ For a given value of 'jealous,' since she doesn't really go about having such sentiments in the normal way. As for that question, she offers a soft, ]

-- Oh. The-- current situation. Earlier today I got thrown out of my apartment, but he was there to look after me. At the time I wasn't feeling so--... having these sorts of problems.

[ A beat; she doesn't have to think long, however, before adding, ]

But he's always looked after me, ever since we first met.