[ You are the best judicial assistant in the world. Kazuma didn't say that, but the words come from someone else she holds just as close, and the reminder is nice, even if Futaba has no reason to believe it.

She laughs at her offer, and her following impression of Kazuma. Nailed it. ]

Well... it is a work in progress, but I would like to believe that he smiles more these days. He is so different from the man I knew, but getting to know him again has been... quite the experience. I am lucky, I think.

Thank you for being his friend, Miss Futaba.