Rinali frowned at Aidou's reply. "That doesn't sound like Allen at all," she answered. "I'll have to talk with him about it, maybe he had a good reason for being quiet." Or maybe he didn't. Allen sometimes surprised her, after all.

"Well," Rinali said in response to Aidou's question. "You said you wanted to be friends with me. It just makes me happy when my friends get along with one another, and if we become friends, I wouldn't want to have to choose who to spend time with, you or Allen, when I could spend time with both of you. Maybe it's a little selfish of me..."