Jake: In garden 

I smiled at Himura when he praised me. Nothing wrong with an ego boost here and there, especially when it was from someone else. It felt good to talk to someone else, even better when they had the same interests as I did, and speaking to him managed to make him smile too. I could feel and air of friendliness around us as we walked together, like two wolves making acquaintances for the first time. I hoped others were this way too... it would be easy to make friends that way. 

When he said I was intelligent and thoughtful, I looked at him with surprised eyes. He was the first to ever tell me such praise, and I was not sure how to react to it. I smiled nonetheless and bowed my head to him and said "Thank you. but i am none of that. Only see as is. As a seed, much room to grow." I said to Himura as we walked further. 

Before more could be said, I heard the shattering of something above us, looking up just in time to see a boy falling into the fountain and a girl slowly floating down and greeting Himura. I recognized her as the girl from the place with food, skirmishing with the boy in the fountain. She seemed happy to see Himura as she wasted no time in closing the distance between them. She noticed me and warmly introduced herself. Again as with seeing the other girl, I noticed how oddly pleasant she looked as different from males. I gave a gentle smile to Ashley and replied, "Jake, pleasure to meet..."

I pointed up to the shattered window and asked her "in fight? Did something happen? Was it from before in the food place?... Sorry... English not great..."