Riley considered them friends already. He liked Dorian a lot for so many reasons. Perhaps Riley was just naturally good with people or maybe he had a secret technique to draw out the best in other individuals, but the bottom line was he thought everyone was good inherently. Whatever happened in the past stayed there because that was another lifetime ago, and only God could judge someone else.
“You get to read any of your books yet? If you ever wanna go find more lemme know!” Doing things with others helped pass the time and seeing Dorian smile, be silly, was a treat in itself.