After the arcade closed, Meloetta sat down on the ground as Vanellope walked up to her.
"Mel! What happened out there today?" Vanellope exclaimed unhappily. "Don't you know you can't mess with the program?"
Meloetta's lips trembled as tears formed in her eyes, feeling Vanellope's words sting her as she started crying loudly, her face buried in her paddle shaped hands as tears came down. "How was I supposed to know? I'm not from here! I'm not even an arcade game character!"
Vanellope did her best to comfort her as she patted her on the back. "It's ok. No need to cry! Besides, at least they didn't put us out of order!" Vanellope mentioned. "Next time, just don't interfere with the race or appear on the second person screen again, ok?"
Meloetta stopped crying, smiling as she wiped the tears from her eyes. "Thank you, Vanel. You're such a good friend!"
"That's what friends are for!" Vanellope claimed, smiling back.