"Do I need a reason?" she asks with a shrug. "I can try to come up with one, but I can't guarantee it will be any good. When Xaldin asked me a similar question not long after we had first met, I told him it was because he calls me 'babe'."

But there was more confusion to Xaldin's question than Vexen's, as he was aware that Mia is friends with Axel at the time. Xaldin had already informed her that he was going to have nothing to do with the traitor. Somehow, this arrangement has worked out well and Xaldin is quite sweet to her now. To the point of giving her hugs and kisses and offering to babysit Mia's son.

"Friendship is unconditional, a gift to be given."