>Is it? As far as we know? (From other than her reaction just now, anyway?)
>And for that matter, is it often that the three of us have spent time together? How is Rin's and Marissa's relationship in general, such as it exists?
>The Corvette is Marissa's dream car. The latest model, specifically, though you can't recall the term for said model off the top of your head. Z-something, you think.
>In the months since you acquired Rin, you, Marissa and she have spent quite a bit of time together. Rin and Marissa took to each other surprisingly easily, actually. Rin was a touch apprehensive around your friends in those first few days, always worried that she might embarrass you in some way in front of your friends. None of your other friends really knew how to act around her, either, she seemed so uncertain, and even fragile. But Marissa was different. She knew how to draw Rin out of the shell she had created around herself, how to get her involved with the others. The blonde woman made those first two weeks much less painful than you were afraid they were going to be for Rin, and they remain good friends.
>That's actually one of the things you like the most about Marissa. It's easy to dismiss her as a playgirl, a shameless flirt, but she knows how to read people. She said it was one of the few good things she got from her father, is knowing how to get a read on people. But unlike him, she uses this insight for the benefit of others, never for herself. She understood how to work with Rin's slave mentality, without reinforcing it or trying to force her out of it. Even just now, when she used the term 'Right hand' to describe her relationship with you. It cast her in a trusted, supporting role to you, but not a submissive one. Marissa always tries to make the people around her happier, better, just as your yourself do. Your methods obviously differ, but the both of you use your powers of insight for good, and always will.
