[This gives her pause for a moment, as she thinks about how she'd withdrawn behind a cheerful facade as she'd sought to follow Surely's orders to free the Archmage... And how cracks had been forming in that mask since she'd arrived in Johto, the freedom from what she was supposed to be doing allowing her to reach out and start forming the beginnings of real friendships.]
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Yes... I'd say I've changed like that, too.