Jesse Fanel
Jesse.  Um...what's there to say about Jesse?  He's a great swordsman, I would definitely want him watching my back in a spar, even on one of his sick days.  Beyond that, Jesse and I don't have much in common.  We come from different worlds and that's not hyperbole.  Jesse's the sort of person who would have been the golden boy at school.  I don't think he ever misbehaves, he probably never even stole a cookie when he was little.
"Even though I don't always get her humor, and even though she can be a bit cold around me sometimes, I know she means well.  I'm happy to fight on the battlefield with her, knowing that she's watching my back as I'm watching hers.  She even worries about me when I'm sick, and that means a lot to me.  I'm glad to be friends with her."