[ Riley leans against the wall and takes a long drink. The expression on her face when she looks up... It's almost giddy, for a moment. Riley, currently, is pale and...incredibly tired. She must not have had a good sleep, on top of all this.

But, for this little moment, there's this. ]

When we were kids... Everyone laughed at me. I was just...so shy. So afraid of everything. But Cairo... She took me under her wing. When the other kids made fun of me, she put a stop to it. Ever since, we've been...

[ She doesn't quite know how to describe Cairo. It's not inseparable, they've had...well. They wouldn't fight for this long, but Cai's always been abrasive. And Riley will never understand the other girl's love of partying. But.

The very specific Cairo Emotion wells up inside her. ]

It's easier to be me when I'm around her.