...He may not be perfect at speaking Elvish, but what he can pick up on, paired with the tone of her voice, is enough to make him flush. He looks away from her, desperately trying to grab onto the asshole persona he always adopts, but of course it's gone now and there's just a nerdy kid in need of friendship underneath.

"Well, to be honest, I... didn't think any of you were actually my friends." He snorts. "I didn't ask you to care about me... you all must be crazy, putting that much effort into me. But maybe I'm just crazy for not seeing it."