[ if she's not human this might feel a bit easier. being friends with a real girl would have been too embarrassing to handle anyway (kagura doesn't count obviously). this is better somehow. ]

Ah, of course! You can never have too many friends. Besides I'm already friends with an android back at home. She's called Tama-san and she works at a bar right next to the place where I work.

[ he sounds relieved and much more relaxed already. ]