[She smiles fondly, remembering all those early adventures. Some had been exciting, some scary, some had even been too difficult and ended in failure.]

Yeah, we were...

[She taps her pencil against the drawing several times, the smile faltering slightly.]

You know..... even with everything that happened. Even with.... how awful it is now...... I'm still glad I got to meet everyone. I'm still glad we all became friends.

Do you think that's strange?