[ That has him tugging chidingly on her hair, touch light - mostly just to get her attention. ]

Who said anything about owing anything? Why wouldn't I want to spend time with you? You're the first familiar face that's shown up here that I was actually happy to see.

[ Okay, Felix was an exception there, but Felix was also complicated and his joy at seeing his best friend's face was somewhat tempered by the awareness of how much Felix would fucking hate this place. And that's even before they started comparing very confusing notes. ]