[The urge to affectionately ruffle Xion's hair is incredibly strong, but Shannon nonetheless resists it.]

Truthfully, I don't have much experience with family either... I was raised in Gospel House- the Ushiromiya family's orphanage. But a few years ago, Kanon and I found each other. No one else was willing to approach him, but someone had to take care of that grumpy kid, so I got to know him the best I could. [Pause.] W- Well, to be fair, I'm only a little bit older than him, technically, but he'll always be a moody little sibling to me.

Anyways, it turned out we both needed someone to be there for us, and, well... we feel like family. Simple as that.