Ah, I see. That's quite a while to keep a bond so strong. Very impressive, actually.

[ the only person she can think of like this is maybe her sister? but that's through birth, it's different. she's only known her current friends for about a year now at that, so it's still not the same.

but at his reply, her lips quirk upwards. ]

You just said you've always been by each other's sides and yet now you say you went without him for ten years. Perhaps you're plenty sociable without the man, pardon my assumption, but now I can only wonder if I accidentally stumbled upon the reason you're here today.

[ she doesn't know your history, bruh! only that that sounded kind of flip floppy. ]