' are you and kuki friends ? '
“ i’d like to believe so . there’s a lot i can say on the matter of friends --- then again , i can’t say much at all . sure a lot of kids claim they’re my friends but when it gets right down to it ... are they really ? or are they just saying that because i’m thei r supreme leader ? ” the operation against father where they turned into animals was a great example of who was really her friend . left for ... well , not exactly dead , but something similar . friends were ... a touchy subject .
chad was gone , patton was at arctic base more often than not ... fanny --- how she wishes fanny were her friend but the ginger would rather see her as her superior officer than anything close to friendship .
kuki was different . they’d spend time in her office ; just sitting , never a hassle . their clashing personalities surprisingly fit fairly well , and ... maybe rachel could consider the younger operative a friend .
“ yeah --- i think kuki and i are friends . ”
[ rachel tells the truth . // : accepting . ]