Yuri felt like Otabek had a lot of time alone. Sure, the other young man probably had his coach, his family, all of that.. But he'd asked so earnestly for a friend.. and Yuri felt like Otabek must be lonely. Yuri realized he was rather lonely as well.

They both had thorny personalities. It was nice to find someone willing to dodge the thorns.

"Yeah, well... You're going to do great next time! So don't even worry about that."