"Alle, then," Artemis corrected, smiling at Allelujah as he moved into the Tasty Burger. He nodded to Badou for holding the door and walked in ahead, leading Haku by the hand. "Thank you, Badou.

"I'm not certain how well-loved we would be amongst the townspeople if we were to play with their town and beloved insane asylum like a cat with yarn. However I suppose we'll have to risk losing their love... You may yet be Patient of the Month Badou--if we elect you as such when the Institute comes down. Tyranny of the majority, after all."

Artemis spoke with the group as he approached the counter, not taking any trouble to keep quiet about his personal loathing of Landel's, nor his general apathy concerning the town that let such a gross operation continue. Perhaps they all had blindfolds on, but even the most average human was willing to peek if deprived of sight for so long.

Perhaps he was also just in the mood to throw caution to the wind. As if any of these hollow-brained idiots could do anything more to him.

"An ice cream for myself," he said, placing his coupon gracefully on the counter. "And the gentleman," he indicated Haku. Drive-by gender-association-whiplash, it was beautiful. "And you should keep them coming, because I believe the rest of the family wants one as well."