[Mio doesn't answer right away, too preoccupied with making a little room for Flora and gathering the little piglet in her arms and pressing her face against the fur as she hugged her.

After a moment she turns her head so her cheek is pressed against Flora, but her mouth is free to speak] I've never had a friend before, so I don't really know what it means to be a 'friend'.

But...I think we're friends. So I'll do my best. [To be a good friend. To get better.]