Akane looks away from Scorpia. "That's the thing," she says, in a guilty voice. "I was one of those people. And I was awful to Ranma because I didn't get things. I mean, Ranma was pretty rude back and it didn't help that our parents had arranged everything, but."

She sighs. "And I almost lost Connie's friendship because I didn't get things. That's why Carly had to explain everything to me."