[It is, of course--but the Rion she shows to everyone else is the Rion that's often fawned over, and Kou knows that while she enjoys that just fine...

The things that resonate with her is when someone likes her for who she is beneath that, too. Can't have one without the other, of course, but--]

Yeah, I figured. I wouldn't be quite so cool with this whole thing if you hadn't. Well, not like I could do anything about it regardless...

[He shoots Akira an amused look.]

She's pretty cool though, right? Her dreams, her strength, her goals. [Rion is a Very Cool Person.]