[Lina knows nothing. it's kind of funny how long this is willing to go on. she's certainly suspecting some things loudly, but it's also rude to speculate.]

That's kind of how it happened with us. We were roommates for a while and we hated each other, and then we just kind of started talking to each other? And we became really good friends really fast as soon as we had, like, one dinner together.

[of course, these are all just memories that she's plucked from her own foggy mind and pieced together. that's not how it actually happened. or maybe it is; it wasn't not her.]

I'm not surprised, really. She's so great. You have really good taste in friends.