Emotionally repressed around people due to the poor and sometimes horrible treatment she received at the hands of others, Lucy was unreserved around the puppy and was often emotionally comforted by it when she was low. She took great care to keep the dog a secret from her tormentors and everyone else, and she would share her food with it and take it around the grounds. On some occasions, the pair would hear a younger Nozomi singing on the mountainside when she was hiding from her family.