Ehm.

[Lysithea pauses delicately.]

...No.

Let's not derail, though. We can speak of the war another time. For now... just know that you have many of the qualities that people search for in true friends.

[Lysithea has the power to make even a declaration of friendship come out somewhat stiffly, even if her words are earnest.]

And we must learn to leave behind what burdens us. Those fears and those old selves.