His eye twitches at the word date, but he’s trying to keep his temper down. He hates having to work with people like this—especially testy ones like she’s turning out to be—but the matter is urgent, and deep down he’s terribly worried that the likely instigator to this whole mess has hurt himself in the doing of it.

…Ugh. The things he does in the name of service…

“My master, Add, governs the forces of chaos. I’m afraid this world we’re in is his handiwork, and I need to find him and stop him before it gets any worse.”

None of this is actually a secret anyway, but he feels deeply irritated at even telling her this, somehow. Ugh. Is she happy now?