[Mmhmm, yup, just mana exchange. She eyes him, especially as he starts growing red. Naruto...do you not get along well with other shounens, or do you need to kiss and punch them first?

But that question makes her think, and she opens the top of her drink before taking in a sip.]

I don't have the same basis as you do; the way that most people treat me here is rather strange.

[Affection is weird. Naruto is not exempt from that.]

But I bully him and he enjoys it, in his own way.