i will never ever ever ever ever ever get over the gang's first interactions with lucretia in the first lunar interlude. griffin is playing the Regal and Very Serious and Deadpan Madame Director, and they're all meeting her for the first time. they have absolutely 0 rapport with each other, but she plays along with their jokes, and even makes jokes of her own. other NPCs are actively annoyed by their goofs, but not the Director. shes Regal and Serious and Sarcastic and Familiar.
and griffin probably wasn't planning this far ahead at that point, but knowing what comes next. knowing how it ends... it all just lends itself so perfectly to the fact that these interactions are Lucretia Reuniting With Her Friends. realistically she's a stranger to them, but they get along so well and so immediately, that on re-listens it really does make you think "they are her best friends, there's nothing else it could be. they are long lost friends."
