I didn't know whether I'd be glad, but I am glad.

[Hmm, yeah. Awkward. But also, because these are books about stupid lesbians, from her perspective it isn't really like that. Placing her hand on Vira's.]

. . . She is. We hardly ever got along, but before coming here, she was the only friend I ever had. And then she became my cavalier - not out of duty, but because she wanted to. So she will always be very important to me.