Not that, you just might get dragged into one of his creepy experiments! I'm never sure I want to eat when he does the cooking. I mean, what if he put stuff in it?! He makes good curry though.

[She may not be able to see his face, but she notes the pause.]

I was just kidding, but you are his best friend so of course he'd be happier with you there.

[Lucky you. And lucky Jade too; for all his bellyaching about Peony's habits, Anise can tell they're very close, while her best friend is still all the way back on Auldrant...

Ah, can she really call Ion her best friend when she's spying on him and getting him captured all the time? It's not like she wants to...

It's better apart like this, probably. Maybe that's the best way to protect him.]