Aidou's foot was already hooking around Jack's chair leg from beneath the table, bringing it back in until it bumped softly against Jack. "And where do you think you're going? A paramour of your calibre should know it's terribly rude to leave a partner unsatisfied right in the middle." Then Aidou stopped kidding, and his expression turned pensive. This one's loyalties were as hard to pin down as his own - nevertheless there were always other things to deal with. Always. "But sit. Jokes and word games aside, there's something else I'd like to discuss before the sun sets."

With Jack, there came a whole new set of issues too.