[ Now she sits up completely, whipping her head in his direction so quickly that sand goes flying. Hold your horses there, bucko! This is going in a direction she doesn't like! ]

I didn't say you have to do that! I said find people to go with us! They don't have to be friends! Just passengers!

[ Would that make their hypothetical trip less of a date? Who the hell knows. But if they weren't friends of his, she wouldn't have to worry about competition!

...No, she still would. Everyone's potential competition. ]

We all have our flaws. Not all of them are bad! [ She crosses her arms, fighting down her intense jealousy and failing. So, she'll keep "subtly" steering him away from his objectively dumb idea. ] It's okay to be a loner. Or, you know, find one friend and be satisfied with that. Like, do you know how hard it can be to have a lot of friends? It's not easy! The number of texts I have to send every day can be exhausting!

[ Jury's out on if any of the people she sends them to actually want her texting them that much, but it's safe to assume most people don't. This doesn't stop her at all. ]

I'm looking out for you, okay? Don't overwhelm yourself. Worry about that some other time!

[ Like never. ]