[Lysithea considers this thoughtfully for a moment.]

You're... fourteen, right? Something like that.

When I was your age, I was constantly trying to prove myself. The people around me frustrated me enormously. I felt as if they didn't take me seriously - that if I didn't keep pushing, they would leave me behind.

I think the most important thing I've learned as I've grown older is that most of the time... nobody feels as negatively about you as you do. Honestly, everyone's too busy worrying about themselves to think bad things about you.

[She hadn't exactly been anxious like Luz, just... extremely insecure.]

I don't know if that helps. You're my friend, of course. I won't leave you behind.