[ ... ah, geez. he rubs the back of his neck a little. ]

'Course you should believe in your friends. But that's not... the end-all, be-all of friendship, y'know? [ well, no. she doesn't. she just said so. he expands: ] Blindly believing in people isn't being their friend, it's being their lackey. Truth is, sometimes people mess up. And you don't gotta look past that because you're friends. Of all people, friends are the ones who should call each other out on stuff like that. You get what I'm saying?