"Oh you will love her, I promise."

Rei laughs as merrily as Makoto may have ever seen her. She may be older, fussy, and generally ambivalent to things like romance but once she finds someone, she'll fix onto them hard.

"She's taught me a lot about sword fighting too. Which has been a lot more useful than I thought it might be. I've been lucky, having all sorts of opportunities here. You...should definitely take the chance to learn new skills too."