"I guess I can accept you as my friend, but that doesn't mean I will just do anything for you.
Also, if you don't know, the Lords don't generally get along, so some people might find it weird that we're friends, as your mentor Cliff mentioned that you are all assigned under Lord 3.
But she is a strong Water Reather, so I won't mind a chance to get close to her and learn a thing or two. So yeah," she says, crossing her arms and waiting for admiration.
I stand there, confused and not sure of what to really say, but "Thank you, it's nice to try and make new friends. I always had trouble in the forest because people were put off by my father's status as the village Chief."
"Oh, so you are a noble in some weird way also?"
"Then I'm sure we will be good friends, Laly!"
"It's Lily," - and she ran off before I could correct her.
Shrugging my shoulders and deciding that's that, I run into a stocky man in a trench coat holding a cup of water.