[ Oh, she's leaning into it. Another surprise.. Kanata was half worried that Takane might not be the sort to give in to things like head pats. But pleasantly, that doesn't seem to be the case, and he rewards the discovery by continuing to place a few more affectionate pats to her head. She's almost like a cat, isn't she.. ]

It would be very nice to be "surrounded" by so many friends, fufu. [ They would never feel lonely.. Although, he hasn't been feeling that way very much at all here, if he were to think about it. ]

I am not sure if Takane can "remember", but on the floating islands, Koutei-san carried you to a room with many different tanks.. [ If she doesn't remember, though, he's about to elaborate. ] I keep "lots and lots" of different fish at our school, you see.. so it feels "somewhat" sad without them, even if I am happy to be so close to the sea each day.