[center][img]http://i.imgur.com/SEFZRFg.png[/img][h2]Lily [color=thistle]"Rain Maker"[/color] Li[/h2][/center]
Lily didn't miss the dreamy gaze the Gorilla had, and she wasn't too surprised either. Blonde, and green eyes, for some reason fate chose her to embody the recessive genes that had long disappeared from her grandmother's side. It was a power, however, from kindergarten to Seiryuu-- a breath of a pause overlooking her appearance was usually enough for her to take the upper hand. Then again, in the past few years, the number of wilder students grew and her appearance was starting to be something barely glanced at. In Seiryuu, anyways.

At the question, without missing a beat, Lily kept her small smile on her face as she lightly tilted her head forward. [b]"[color=thistle]Yes. Friends,[/color]"[/b] she repeated, only to be disrupted by the short gasp of near death between them. Lily allowed her eyes to glance briefly at the body as it dropped on the ground, the shape of the delinquent's neck causing her nose to twitch slightly in disapproval before focusing back on Gorilla Girl. There was nothing to earn from weaklings. While the taller of the two distracted herself with the delinquents, Lily continued to look over her form-- she was lithe, nothing special other than the tell tale mask and hat. 

Their eyes met again.

[b]"[color=thistle]Quite rude, I agree,[/color]"[/b] nodded Lily, her smile coming back up realizing too late her face had fallen slack. [b]"[color=thistle]But no reason to be tossing people willy nilly, disrupting lunch picnics, hm?[/color]"[/b] Her sledgehammer no longer holding onto anything, she let it's head rest on the ground, her two hands placed over the end as though resting on a cane. She was anything but leaning on it, however, her form straight and polished, with her back aligned and her chin even. As the Gorilla stepped back, Lily's grip lightly tightened and loosened, expecting to be able to fight back at least briefly if she needed to, but overall hoping to not have one at all. 

[i][color=thistle]She is, after all,[/color][/i] thought Lily as she thought back on her earlier attempt at tugging at her grip, [i][color=thistle]quite strong.[/color][/i]

[b]"[color=thistle]I meant what I said, you know,[/color]"[/b] said Lily, lightly picking up her sledgehammer and inching it forward, taking a half step as well to match the Gorilla Girl's step back. [b]"[color=thistle]I need friends. Girls are especially hard to befriend in Seiryuu-- have you noticed?[/color]" [/b]She took another small half step forward, resting the hammer in front of her, dust and dirt mixing with metal, [b]"[color=thistle]They'll expect me to defend them, but I don't want to play knight. So, I decided I'll only make friends with strong girls.[/color]"[/b] Every bit of word that came out of her mouth was true, albeit a little stretched. While she felt as though beign honest with Gorilla Girl was good, she also felt like twisting it a little bit wouldn't hurt either.

Her eyes having been on the ground and focused on her hammer, Lily finally glanced up, offering a sad glance, practiced to perfection from childhood, [b]"[color=thistle]Unless, [i]you[/i] don't like making friends with strong girls?[/color]"[/b]