[Is that the word? It's a little awkward for him still to even think of people as friends, not because he doesn't want them, but because he's so unused to having them—or at least not having them be very complicated relationships. But his relationship with Caster is plenty complicated too, even if it's not really in a bad way necessarily.]
I trust her. We work together. . . . I care about her. You're close to her, aren't you?
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[Is that the word? It's a little awkward for him still to even think of people as friends, not because he doesn't want them, but because he's so unused to having them—or at least not having them be very complicated relationships. But his relationship with Caster is plenty complicated too, even if it's not really in a bad way necessarily.]
I trust her. We work together. . . . I care about her. You're close to her, aren't you?