Eliza also liked Lia, even if she could feel the immense sadness she felt about everything that had happened to her. But Eliza was used to it, and didn't hold that against her.
"It's nice to meet you too. We'll need to get together on campus next Fall. And before that, I could show you around town and stuff. My friends and my sister would probably love to meet you too." And she had said herself, she needed friends. Eliza liked friends, the more the better.