[ Her expression and her voice cannot fully convey how deeply she cares for them, but the attempt is made. ] They are my most cherished loved ones.
[ Yes, Nanoha has many important people in her life; individuals without whom she would have grown up an ordinary child, slightly depressed and with a lack of initiative and direction. The list would be too long to go down, and making a distinction like this is not typical of her, but... she's feeling rather emotional over the whole thing.
It actually strikes her as odd that the girl would even ask that. As if family should be anything other than "close". She files that away for now. ]
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[ Yes, Nanoha has many important people in her life; individuals without whom she would have grown up an ordinary child, slightly depressed and with a lack of initiative and direction. The list would be too long to go down, and making a distinction like this is not typical of her, but... she's feeling rather emotional over the whole thing.
It actually strikes her as odd that the girl would even ask that. As if family should be anything other than "close". She files that away for now. ]