Perhaps you did. [ Yes, he is quite stubborn and Tenka will remain "Tenka-san" in his head.

But...ah, that question.

He pauses. ] We are comrades and fellow captains. And it is a fact he talks to me often than he does anyone else...

[ There was also the haiku he'd shared with Saitou, the way they walked next to each other, and the occasional quips and teasing... ] One calls that "friendship," I suppose.