"I don't-- I don't think that's ever happened to me," Akane says, sniffling. "I don't. There's nobody I do trust that much back home besides my sister Kasumi and P-chan. Maybe Dr Tofu. I can't even trust Ranma that much, not about everything. It was just-- I started wanting him around instead of wanting him to go away."

She opens her eyes again. Looks up to see Connie smiling at her. Maybe she didn't destroy this completely somehow.

"Do you promise that your friends aren't-- hurting people?" she asks, biting her lip.