Yes. And I did like Chris and Jill to at least some extent. I couldn't relate to them at all, of course, but they were decent people and they were never terrible to me. They respected me; they treated me well.

I don't think I really knew what to think of that back then, other than expecting it to some extent simply due to my station. But I imagine it was a good thing, given that they remained important to me until the end.

[Not...important in a good way, necessarily, but...]