Perhaps Kanda wasn't one for personal space, but as far as Ami was concerned, Kanda was still a stranger. A very handsome stranger, yes, but that only made matters worse. She felt a blush creep up her neck and begin to pool in her cheeks and her ears.

"Th--thank you." She cast her eyes to a corner on the floor, pressing her lips together as she drew them into a thin frown. "For...talking with me back then. For seeking me out. I'm certain I must have appreciated it."

It felt wrong. She was talking about herself as though she were an entirely different person. It was as though she was answering for a life that was never hers.

...she suddenly wondered if this was how Usagi felt, when faced with the trials of the Moon Princess...

Shoving that thought aside, she looked back to Kanda, weakly smiling back at him in spite of his semi-permanent scowl. "And for now. I'm glad to see that I have friends here outside of--" The senshi. She stopped herself for a moment. Just because he seemed to be close doesn't mean that he knew anything about the girls' alternate identities. "--outside of my friends from home."