You consider me a friend?

[ there's a great many things that morpheus could pick up on just from that simple sentence but he chooses to go to that first, one corner of his mouth lifting in a smile. he thinks she means to sound like she's unhappy and he could point out that he was appreciative but, instead, he goes with that.

and smiles again. ]

I never said I wasn't appreciative. If you're expecting me to fall to my knees and say thank you, I'm sorry. But I am appreciative.