All Mei could do was hope and she had excess amounts of hope to spare.

"I..." Oh. She hadn't thought of that. If she lost, she would lose one of them! The girl looked from one to the other, the panic of having to choose slowly creeping over her. "Uh... well... I sort of like owning a knight buuut... I don't want to give away you, either..." Since Grenn was a friend, or at the very least an ally. How did people make this choice?! "But that's how the game works... fff..."

At this point, she was looking down, a hand thoughtfully held up at her mouth, talking to herself.

"...so mean, making people pick between their friends... aaaa, what if they take it personally..."

Mei, inner dialogue. Learn to use inner dialogue!