A rush went through him at Dodonus' assessment (entirely baseless, from what he could tell) that they would be great friends. Another person in this situation might have seen it as a bizarre, presumptuous, or even invasive thing to say, but it delighted Ford. He wasn't so far removed from his days as a young student being bullied by older, cooler kids that he didn't still feel pleased at the implication that someone liked him and wanted to be friends with him. It was like he'd just won a lottery he didn't know he'd entered.
"I hope so," he agreed, beaming. "Talk to you soon, then."
"I hope so," he agreed, beaming. "Talk to you soon, then."
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