XLena: Dammit, Kris, no! You are not pulling this on me!
Kris: Oh, come on, it'll be good for you. You need to learn how to moove in the right circles and assert yourself more.
Lena: I don't want to assert myself more! I'm your friend, not your project! The last thing I need right now is to move in your 'circles' playing your little Lowtown charity case --
Kris: I didn't mean it like that! Lena, please come. I want you to.
Lena: Bad idea, Kris.
Kris: Please! I know you hate these things, I don't blame you, but I just want one person there that I want to talk to --
Lena: ...Kris --
Kris: -- just one person that I'm not, not obligated to be polite to because they're family friends or business partners or important or --
Lena: But I can't --
Kris: -- because if I have to sit through one more party like last Carnival I'm going to start screaming or light the drapes on fire again. Please? I'll -- I'll buy those textbooks you were worried about, I'll stay with the Urban Design major for another semester, I'll --
Lena: ...I'll... think about it.
Kris: You are the best friend ever!
Lena: Less hugging, more bribery.