hot take: it should be Pen who really mentally "saves" Pencil in TPOT 24/25, not Match.
Like Match can help, but I want most of the effort to be Pen's, making Pencil decide to befriend him and choose to hang out with him over Freesmart for a little while. I think it would fit the show better. Also I just swear the crew is planning for Pen to "Advocate" for Pencil, like pointing out how the others have kinda been failing her throughout TPOT by being exactly the way they think of her.
And maybe I ship them a little bit but that's not the point.