Yes, it was. It is not as though I had many other friends before Tachibana, Kohinata, and yourself, you know.

[Well, there was Ogawa, as well. But that's a thin list.]

I was once a very different person, Yukine. You all changed that, even if we had a hard time getting there, at first.

However, I would like to think we're all changing still. I certainly don't yet think I am my best self, and I know that in order for me to be that I have to continue evolving.

What about yourself?