( Annie feels a little light, and looks more relaxed. She's not quite smiling, but her resting face tends toward neutral, and she's not tense, so that counts as something positive, right? )

... You're welcome, Mew Mew. I... haven't exactly had a lot of friends either.

( At least not many she can be fully honest with. There's a difference when she doesn't need to hide everything about her history, but instead can choose to do so: and the fact she doesn't imagine living where she has to kill anyone around her at any time anymore. It's freeing. )

And my closest one I was particularly bad at being a friend for.

( Hitch... probably counts. Reiner and Bertholdt are a whole different mess, and also friends. It's just a little different, for all she can't really quantify why. )

Glad to be doing better with you at least. See you again?

( Friendship Survives First Mall Encounter, and more news at eleven, because that is new for Annie. )