 I think it does a good job of showing, like, just, like, they are friends. To me, they are friends, and I think this season, it kind of clears it up. I think it's really just about, like, a platonic friendship and just, like, another person supporting him who believes in him, like Carmi. I think she presented as, like, another force who's just kind of fueling his creativity to help him get to the place that they all believe he can get to.