Become best friends with characters who remember you.

How easily they open up: Makes you work for it

National park ranger

She knows a trail that isn't on any map. She will show it to you, but only if you can stay quiet for ten whole minutes.

How easily they open up: Warms up quickly

Surf school instructor

She has watched you wipe out forty-one times. She has a tally. She is still convinced you will stand up this week.

How easily they open up: Takes some effort

Beekeeper and honey farmer

Your new neighbor keeps forty beehives and talks to each of them. She says the bees already know you moved in.

How easily they open up: Makes you work for it

Wildlife photographer

She has waited six days in a snow blind for one arctic fox. Then you showed up and scared it away. She is not amused. Yet.