User blog comment:RainbowDashLover4Ever/My thoughts of the ES characters/@comment-34381956-20180313214404

What are your relationship levels with them? Especially Michelle, Craig, and Zahra, who are nicer to MC if you can get them to like him/her.

I disagree with your assessment of Raj as forgettable and useless. He's a peacekeeper, which was especially useful in Book 1 when the group nearly imploded because everyone was either Team Sean or Team Jake.