[being sappy while he's trying to text. his lip quirks and he sends some of those feelings right back- as it turns out he's much more comfortable doing that through the bond than being outwardly sappy, so it happens a lot. you know, just how precious pal is to him, that sort of thing.]

Jinx is sick but Chizuru isn't, I saw them both at the party. Jinx is having similar eh... hiccups with her powers. [so that did help explain things. at least they had a potential lead.] We do. Why?

[do you want to drink it... or test it, that too.] We also may have samples of Madam Generosity's now. Scales found with what might be her blood in it.

[ah, a far more fun conversation.] Well, we have a single city's worth of places to choose from. Or simply staying at the Red and calling it a vacation.