She wasn't alone? Really? Kala tried to say something and then just hugged Vivio. She'd been alone for ages even when training, even with Audis. The lights weren't really hurting anything, not even the red ones that reminded her of goo-bugs. They were just lights.

And they were still kinda floating in the black, but it wasn't scary.

"...friends are good to have. And I'll protect you, too," she said quietly, lapsing into silence after awhile before murmuring. "It's...kinda pretty, isn't it?"

One of the lights rotated past and mewed as firebugs chased it.