None of us were with Van so we could make friends. Anyway, it's not as if they were obligated or even interested in taking care of me- they had their own goals to work for. And the only one close to my age was Arietta, but she was...

[...Well. Luke should know that well enough. Even if they got along reasonably well as co-workers, he'd never go so far as to call them friends.]

...No. The God-Generals weren't good company.