I expect it to be just as beneficial this time around. Give or take a few, eh… nuisances.

Here I am. It’s been a while, at least in this format, hasn’t it.

I’d prefer not to give the impression the sole value I see in you is tied only to his own continued existence. /That/ was what I was being polite about.

Well. That simply gives us more time to become acquainted, now, doesn’t it. The warning is appreciated nonetheless.

As much as I figured. I was trying to be polite about it for your own sake.

Hmhm. Careful not to butter me up too much, now. I’m on a strict diet. If tonight doesn’t work for you, I happen to still be free tomorrow.

Your efforts to keep yourself more reasonably alive, and by extension preventing Xenolith from losing it, are appreciated.

No doubt Clive’s doing. Coffee, then. Impress me.

Expecting any less from you would be a fool’s errand.

I most certainly do not. Choose a neutral location, and I will happily oblige.