If you'd like to get to know the Summoned from other factions, here is definitely the best way to do it. Horizon get togethers are a must!

[ Even if you don't have pre-existing friends across state lines, she thinks it's important to keep those connections going. They're all in this together no matter where they were Summoned.

Himeka follows Claire and is definitely taken in by the courtyard. She clasps her hands together and nods. ]

I rather like being outside, if that works for you. And it's a fitting setting for the proposition I have.