The reaching limbs — what holds, carries, and welcomes; plural by nature, like the embrace they make.

The being alongside another. Companionship is defined by presence rather than by usefulness.

Those one belongs with, by blood or by choosing. In this house kin is a standing, not a species.

A companion, informally. As it appears here, part of a named payment service.

Bearing part of another's weight. Of a thing or a person that makes a load carryable rather than lighter.