...You think so, huh? I mean, in truth, it's not as though she's the one with the problem. It's...well, I don't know if I totally buy it, is all. The whole "making friends makes you stronger" nonsense, it sounds like it's out of some children's book, doesn't it? "The frog turned into a prince because she loved him so much," or some shit like that...

[ Saccharine fairytales like that have no place in her worldview.

Asuka's got good hearing, though, so she at least catches that last part. ]

Let me guess, you were in and out of them a lot? You seem like the type of child who'd jump off of things a lot and have to get stitches...