I suppose that means I am not to ask.

[About the long story, that is. But oh, hey! That's... interesting?

...Friends? That sounds... Ris isn't sure of how that sounds. It's an alien concept to her.

But it could be nice, she thinks. This certainly sounds like a good fortune.]

...I think I like the sound of that. I certainly have not the slightest idea what "the end" of any of this looks like, myself, but it seems as good a future as any to strive towards.