"Oh, uh, morning," Akihiko said with a nod. "And, well. Don't tell her I said this, but Mitsuru asked me to talk to you about the bulletin stuff."

She had better be somewhere else. With my luck, she'll have heard that and have a Bufu spell waiting for me later. He nervously glanced around for her, breathing a quiet sigh of relief when he didn't immediately see her.

"But, before I get into all that," he began, "did Mitsuru talk to you about what happened last night?"