Yes. She was.

[ He thinks about his next words, quietly bending and weaving the flowers. ]

Even within my family, she was one of the first people to accept me. You would think other people with the curse would accept one another, but things are more complicated than that. They always are.

[ He pauses. ]

I did have people who supported me, like Hatsuharu. But I didn't realize how important that was to me until recently.