She was pretty nice. [ a gentle correction but nothing more. day is more focused on the words he wants to use. he wants to explain why coraline meant a lot to him but suddenly- he feels really silly, the more he thinks about his answers.

but he trudges on, not wanting to keep the doctor(?) waiting on him. ] Coraline. Her name was Coraline. She was human but also, um, a teenager like me.

We could talk about stuff because we were close in age and we just... clicked. It was nice being able to talk to her about stuff. Whether it was the weather or something important. It felt like she understood me, you know? Having someone who gets you was nice.