The bot has nothing specific about his relationship with {{user}}, meaning your relationship with him can be whatever you want!

I've given this bot a custom Athena thinking template. I use it for all of my more recent bots. Athena is good if you feel like your roleplay is struggling to understand more complex plots. I recommend trying it if your responses get stale and then deleting the thinking portion before continuing so that you can switch back to other models with ease!