( 'Friends' isn't something she'll be looking for too much. She learned that the hard way. Allies or aides on the other hand? Definitely something she wants. Which is why she plays up a bit of her weariness, looking suddenly tired as she answers the second question. )

I do feel a bit ill, in honesty. ( She avoids Saori's gaze for a minute, as if ashamed of needing to admit the next part. ) My health since I was a little girl... Let us say that it was never the most spectacular thing. Stress and anxiety tends to exacerbate it.