Xaviers!

"Me too. Having friends is pretty good."

"I... I don't know if there's more there than friends. That's... something I'm still struggling with. Are you okay with that?"

"I'd rather you be my friend than nothing at all." the otter nods.

That seems to relax Natalie a bit. Apparently a good bit of her body language is getting baked into the body's code. "Okay. Good. Yeah. I imagine you want to go get settled back into the dorms..."

"I probably should, yeah." she chuckles a bit to try and dispel the feeling of feeling pretty stupid about her "running away forever' stunt.

"If you need anything, just let me know."