"That," Ivan says, even though he's been relegated to standing off to the side and very visibly only included on request, "wasn't exactly the word I used." Please don't ask him to extrapolate, Mamere.

Friend. Well, that's certainly a word he would use in conjunction to Elizabeth. Maybe with the preface of girl or something that implies dating; but yes, they're friends. That should be safe. "And there hasn't been enough time, what with Miles--"

No one is coming to save him. No one.