[ Absolutely not the unique way Affogato means, but that's what you get when you're from different worlds. The question makes him blink, hard. ]

Friends?

[ No, he has no friends. He uses the term to garner sympathy and favor from the other. This sounds like an actual ... attempt to be so. How disgusting. He pretends he doesn't know the word.

And that question makes him stare, his brow twitching down. ]

The thing that makes me the happiest?

[ He'll focus on that, because he has no happy memories. Not even the ones in the Citadel are "happy". ]

Being in control, while my subjects feast and know what it is like to have a Leader who cares for their well being and comfort. That would make me the happiest~